Cincinnati<\/a> in Monday, Sunday, and Thursday night contests.<\/p>\n<\/div>\nHowever, the Steelers team Dalton and crew faces will be different from the ones in years past. Besides Roethlisberger being out with an injury, key skill players Antonio Brown and Le\u2019Veon Bell are no longer wearing black and gold.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe know the importance of this game. Every year it has been important, regardless of who\u2019s on the other side,” Dalton told reporters. “Their team is going to look a little different not having Ben, not having A.B., Le\u2019Veon \u00a0\u2014 some of these guys that had been there for a while. The importance is still the same. Both teams are fighting for their first win. It\u2019s a division game. All the same stuff is still there.\u201d<\/p>\n
The Bengals also have an injury bug as well, with star receiver A.J. Green still out with a severe ankle injury. He may not return until Week 6.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Two of the seven winless teams in the National Football League square off against each other Monday night, renewing a rivalry that\u2019s taken a vicious turn in recent years. The Cincinnati Bengals will travel to Pittsburgh to face their AFC North rival in a game that\u2019s pretty much a must-win for both teams. The loser […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":45,"featured_media":116020,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[16,1074],"tags":[],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n
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