Whenever anyone talks about trap games or taking an opponent lightly, we're just flat out not being prepared, regardless of that opponent.

The first thing I think about is, yeah, but what about the individuals?

Are there individuals competing with other individuals for places on that team?

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Steelers versus Bengals is an 8.15 p.m. official kickoff time at Paycourt Stadium.

It pits two teams heading in decidedly different directions against each other, and that's fine.

That's fine. I'll say it one final time this week. First and foremost, prevail.

Secondly, put up 30 points. And third, don't lapse into any lousy habits.

But beyond that, one of the things that has me, well, one of the many things that has me feeling good

about the way this could go in general tonight is that I don't get the sense that things are all

that static on either side of the ball and that's something that's unusual about this team at 4-1.

If you think about it, most teams that get to this stage, winning 80% of their games and sitting in first place, never mind a mile ahead of the pack in first place, they've got 11 starters on each side. When it comes time to introduce those

starters to the home crowd at Accresher Stadium, everyone knows who the 11 will be, barring injury.

Well, the Steelers didn't have a defensive injury against the Browns, but the Steelers still introduced not 11, but 12

defensive players. That was Mike Tomlin's call. He wanted to get Nick Herbig introduced. He wanted

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