To open the game, the Pittsburgh Steelers moved back to using evenly-spaced kick returners, both Martavis Bryant and Fitzgerald Toussaint lined up along the goal line, equidistant from one another. The spacing crept closer to Bryant in the center on the second kick.
There doesn’t appear to be a lot of consistency anymore at left gunner. Mike Hilton started the game there, but others have been used as well since he is starting. He induced a fair catch on the first punt.
He was replaced by rookie Brian Allen on the Steelers’ second punt, and the Bengals bracketed him with two jammers.