One Bengals’ locker is filled with eye-catching items. There’s a shiny pair of golden cleats resting in the shoe rack. A laminated list that says “Sweet Revenge” in Spanish is tacked to the side, naming every cornerback that the receiver plans to burn this season.

Eight years had passed since Cincinnati beat the Pittsburgh Steelers at home, an excruciating streak that symbolized the gulf between the two family-run franchises. It ended with the Bengals’ 23-20 win on Sunday at Paul Brown Stadium, one that felt like a seismic shift.

Bengals rookie linebacker Rey Maualuga left the field on a cart after suffering a left knee injury in the third quarter against Pittsburgh, but returned on the next series.

Carson Palmer’s 4-yard touchdown pass to Andre Caldwell with 14 seconds left provided a 23-20 win Sunday that ended the Pittsburgh Steelers’ nearly decade-long domination in Cincinnati.

Given a chance to level Bengals linebacker Keith Rivers with another rattling hit, Steelers receiver Hines Ward would do it again.

Cedric Benson can get Carson Palmer gushing.

Chad Ochocinco showed some flash with a leap into the stands. It was Cedric Benson’s quiet dashes that made the difference in Cincinnati’s first win ever at Lambeau Field.

If there’s any team in the NFL that has some sense of what the Cincinnati Bengals felt like late Sunday afternoon, it’s their next opponent, the Green Bay Packers.

Chris Henry would run right past the cornerback and catch the long pass in stride. Chad Johnson would burst into the end zone and start the show - another never-before-seen touchdown celebration that might involve the ball, the pylon or a fake Hall of Fame blazer.

Attention, Green Bay Packers fans: Chad Ochocinco could be headed for a grandstand near you.

The temptation is to write it off as a once-in-a-lifetime bolt of bad luck, a moment so surreal that it could never happen again. Sort of like hitting the lottery and then misplacing the ticket.

The Broncos receiver was in the right spot to pull off one of the great finishes in NFL history on Sunday. He caught the deflected pass and outran a linebacker to the end zone, completing an 87-yard touchdown with 11 seconds left. The 12-7 victory is already part of fantastic finish lore.

The quarterback is hurt. The star receiver is grousing that he didn’t get a bigger contract or a trade. The head coach is trying to prevent everything from falling apart in the season’s opening month.

Fire up the backyard grill and flip on the TV, Bengals and Cardinals fans. You can see your team’s game at your own home this Sunday.

NFL fans whose local teams’ games are blacked out will be able to watch replays online for free - though not until after midnight.