For the past four years, Cincinnati Bengals wide receiver Tyler Boyd was faced with the twice-a-year challenge of going up against Mike Hilton, who was the Pittsburgh Steelers’ slot defender. Now he has to do that several times a week—but in practice, not in games.
Hilton signed with the Bengals as a free agent, and will be playing his former team for the first time in week three. Boyd, who is a Pittsburgh native drafted by the Bengals, talked about what it’s meant for Cincinnati to get him there, and away from the Steelers.