“You’re not going to backdoor your way into the single-elimination tournament.
“You see where the AFC is, you see where the AFC North is,” Steelers quarterback Ben Roethlisberger said.
Just like when they beat us up there in Pittsburgh last year, and then they came here and we won it.
“To be the team we want to be consistently you have to be strong in the division,” Taylor said.
Cincinnati could be the healthiest team in the AFC North.
Tuitt has yet to play this season while recovering from a knee injury, Alualu went on injured reserve in September with a fractured ankle and Watt, Haden and Fitzpatrick all sat out last week against the Chargers.
Last week in the win over Las Vegas he became the first player in franchise history to make three field goals of more than 50 yards.