Roosevelt Nix refused to talk about Vontaze Burfict in the lead-up to the Steelers' game Monday night at Cincinnati.
That's OK, because the echo from those two clashing again and again on the football field Oct. 22 at Heinz Field is still reverberating through the city.
Nix, the Steelers' 5-11, 248-pound fullback, saw his most extensive action of the season in the team's 29-14 win that day, with most of his 22 snaps assigning him to run full speed into the 6-1, 255-pound Burfict again and again. They are about to reacquaint themselves when the Steelers (9-2) visit the Bengals (5-6) at Paul Brown Stadium, and everyone expects Round 2 of their knock-down, drag-out battle from earlier this season.
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