Lewis, who has coached the Bengals since 2003, has been to the playoffs six times.
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McCarron said Roethlisberger gave him his wristbands during that meeting and he reminded the Steelers’ quarterback of that last month when Pittsburgh traveled to Cincinnati for a regular season game. The Bengals are coming from a 24-16 win over the Baltimore Ravens. “Being able to get reps in the last game and being able to see them for three quarters is definitely helpful for myself”.
However, when it comes down to an X-factor for this game, I have my eyes locked onto Ben Roethlisberger, who’s had the highest of highs this season, and arguably the lowest of lows of his career. Roethlisberger attempted 45 passes during the game. In that game, we had two turnovers.
The Bengals and Steelers will both teams will be without key players. For whatever reason, they just seem to struggle on prime time. As Steelers fans would tell you, it was a good thing they did. At that pace, Bell was looking at his second straight All-Pro selection.
In a shocking development, Vontaze Burfict is not fond of Pittsburgh. Just like that, his season was over.
The Bengals will prevail 23 to 20. Not to mention, he had a three touchdown performance back in Week 2. Dwayne has another 5% Max Bet lined up on one of Saturday’s NFL Playoff matchups.
It’s Deja Vu again for the Steelers because they enter their playoff game without a RB that has any real experience. No receiver under 5’10 has more receiving yards than Smith. Let me break out the calculator for you.
Even with the stakes raised for this game, neither team expects that chippiness to carry over. The longest run of his career is 12 yards.
Joseph has missed four of the past five games. You read that right. Tate managed 19 yards on five carries, with a fumble mixed in.
Green Bay Packers cornerback Sam Shields was listed as doubtful for Sunday’s NFC wild card game against the Washington Redskins due to the concussion he suffered on December 13.
A 6-8 yard run here or there. He caught 10 balls for 66 yards in that game.
No fumbles or drop passes. He threw two interceptions against the Steelers but has since thrown four touchdowns and no picks in three starts – two wins – with a 100.1 passer rating. That fight could have cost the Bengals and Steelers some players of outcome.
“We’ve got to make him uncomfortable”, said Steelers defensive end Cameron Heyward.
There is also the history between these two teams.
Remember the game spoken about from before?
It’s wild card round and Inside the Playbook takes a look at the four intriguing match-ups that will decide who moves on and who goes home. The game where they had no threat of a running game?
There is no doubt in my mind that this will be a one-score game in the end.
Antonio Brown finished with 9 receptions for 117 yards. I like Jones as my third wide receiver or my flex depending on how I use my salary.
“It’s their game plan to defend our offense – keep everything underneath”, Miller said.
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The Steelers took the back door into the playoffs and find themselves in a comfortable road setting against a rival they know intimately – and a rival leaning on a backup QB. “AJ’s going to do a good job when things happen”. He’s been in that system now for – whether he was on the practice squad or he was on the roster – pretty much the whole season.
