The Cincinnati Bengals and the Pittsburgh Steelers face off on Saturday at Paul Brown Stadium in an AFC NFL Wildcard Playoff match up.
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Like Kansas City, Cincinnati is looking to snap a long skid in the postseason, dropping seven in a row straight up and against the spread. Despite playing in Cincinnati, the point spread is favoring the Steelers at -2.5 heading into Wild Card Sunday.
Pittsburgh has injury problems of its own with running back DeAngelo Williams nursing a sprained right ankle. Jeremy Hill leads the Bengals in rushing touchdowns with 11 and he has gained 794 yards while A.J. Green has 86 receptions and 10 touchdowns. He is considered questionable but has been sporting a walking boot, per ESPN’s Josina Anderson.
Roethlisberger threw for 349 yards, 187 to the sensational Antonio Brown, who had 13 catches and a TD.
Sunday starts with the Seahawks at the Vikings at 1:05 p.m. The Packers play at the Redskins at 4:40 p.m. The Bengals later fell to the Indianapolis Colts 26-10 as four-point road underdogs the following game.
Hoyer missed two of the last three games for the Texans due to a concussion, returning in the season finale against the Jacksonville Jaguars. Roethlisberger hits Brown for a 17-yard touchdown.
Looks like there is a strong consensus out there among the sportswriter literati that the Steelers are a solid number eight overall team.
The Pittsburgh Steelers will be facing off against the Cincinnati Bengals. Both teams feature two of the league’s best receivers, but one team has a better quarterback with enough playoff experience and two Super Bowl rings to pull off the road win. That does not bode well for the home team, especially if Dalton remains on the sidelines.
It’s clear the Bengals aren’t trying to rattle any cages this week after some explosive chatter in the days leading up to and after a December 13 meeting with the Steelers.
If the Bengals fall to the Steelers, and the Texans pull the upset in their game, Bill O’Brien and Vince Wilfork will be coming back to Foxboro for a playoff game.
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The Bengals will finally win a playoff game under Marvin Lewis, and it will come without Dalton.
