Anyone notice the Steelers Bengals rivalry has been seriously heating up lately? You probably have. Forget the Ravens. Remember the Browns? Well forget them too. Steelers/Bengals is where it’s at right now.
Take the game on Sunday in Cincinnati for example. It was described as “chippy” many times by the announcers during the game and afterword from places like ESPN’s Coley Harvey.
What is this word? Chippy? Apparently it’s an adjective that’s been adapted for football, or really any setting where it applies. Webster’s calls it, “aggressively belligerent; also : marked by much fighting”
Well, turns out the NFL gave us a way to quantify chippiness with dollars.