The bad blood between the Bengals and the Steelers doesn’t involve just the players. That statement shouldn’t surprise anyone, considering their Week 14 game resulted in over $147,000 in fines and a litany of personal foul penalties on both sides of the Steelers’ 33-20 victory.

According to Bengals radio color analyst Dave Lapham, as tweeted by Trib Live Radio and Steelers postgame radio host Tim Benz, Steelers offensive coordinator Todd Haley put a bounty on the head of Bengals defensive end Wallace Gilberry.

Was just on CIN radio.Bengal color man Dave Lapham was apparently told Haley put a bounty on Wallace Gilberry's head.Hadn't heard that one. — Tim Benz (@BenzTribLive970) January 8, 2016

Suggested Haley&Gilberry didnt get along while in KC & that was a reason why there was an exchange between Gilberry/Porter/Tomlin after game — Tim Benz (@BenzTribLive970) January 8, 2016

As Benz would later allude on Twitter, the notion of Haley not getting along with a player during his tenure has the head coach of the Kansas City Chiefs isn’t exactly startling. The fact such a rumor exists almost seems less surprising now, considering the amount of trash talk that went on between the two teams before, during and after their Week 14 game.

Nothing really was seen in replay of anything particularly violent being done to Gilberry, but All Pro right guard David DeCastro did grab onto his facemask at the bottom of a pile, one DeCastro fell onto in an effort to shove linebacker Vontaze Burfict after Burfict shoved Roosevelt Nix well after the whistle.

This is going to be a fun game.