The final Sunday Night Football match up of the 2014 NFL regular season will feature a match up between two bitter rivals from the AFC North, the Steelers and the Bengals.
We’re sadly heading into the final week of the 2014 NFL season next week, and we now know that the final Sunday night game will feature the Cincinnati Bengals taking on the Pittsburgh Steelers.
Next Sunday night on NBC, the Steelers will host the Bengals for the AFC North crown. Bengals may need the win to qualify for playoffs.
— ProFootballTalk (@ProFootballTalk) December 22, 2014
With these two bitter rivals, we really could not have asked for a better match up to end the season on Sunday night. Oh yeah, and there is the fact that this game will be for the AFC North championship.
The Steelers clinched a playoff spot in the AFC in Week 16 with their win over the Kansas City Chiefs at home. This will be the first trip to the playoffs for the Steelers after an absence the past two seasons, and they seem poised to make a run at yet another title.
As for the Bengals, they have yet to clinch their spot in the playoffs, although they can do just that on Monday night with a win over the Denver Broncos. A win or tie in that game will put Marvin Lewis and Co. in the postseason.
But there’s no doubt that next week’s game, the final one for Sunday night, should be amazing to watch play out.
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