The vicious rivalry between the Cincinnati Bengals and Pittsburgh Steelers has been firmly inserted into the NFL draft over the last several years.
It began in 2016 when the Bengals dive-bombed in front of the Steelers to select University of Houston cornerback William Jackson III.
Two years following that draft-day trade, Pittsburgh retaliated by leap-frogging Cincinnati by two picks in the third round to nab Oklahoma State quarterback Mason Rudolph. That incident alone led Bengals head coach Marvin Lewis to joke that the Steel Curtain had their war room bugged.
Then, again, on Thursday evening the Steelers engineered a deal with the Denver Broncos to move up 10 spots and take Michigan linebacker Devin Bush before the Bengals could.
Tim Benz can firmly say that the rivalry between these two fierce AFC North teams is becoming just as delectable off the field as it is on it.
