The 5, 8 and 1 Cincinnati Bengals (3rd place in the AFC North) will travel south to NRG Stadium in downtown Houston, Texas to take on the 8 and 6 Houston Texans.
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Coming up on Saturday, December 24 in Week 16 National Football League action from NRG Stadium, the Cincinnati Bengals and the Houston Texans will be meeting up.
All five penalties – three of which were on cornerback Adam Jones – resulted in first downs for Houston.
Margus Hunt blocked the extra point to keep the deficit at two, and Andy Dalton drove the Bengals into position for a game-winning field goal.
“We’ve got to just do a better job of coaching it and get our players to execute it better”, the head coach said Monday. He threw for just 13 yards in the first half against the Bengals defense, completing just two passes.
So far this year, Dalton holds 3712 yards, 16 touchdowns and seven interceptions, while Jeremy Hill is the Bengals’ rush leader on 831 yards and nine touchdowns on 215 attempts. “He’s only going to get better, but we got to make those kicks”.
Texans improve to 9-6 on the season and will wrap up the regular season on January 1, 2017.
The troubles there are no secret to Bill O’Brien, and he’s demanding an improvement.
Now, that game is only important for the Texans playoff seeding.
“We went to no huddle and he was able to get rid of the ball a little bit quicker”.
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The Bengals come off a spirited effort against Pittsburgh last week, one in which they ultimately fell short.
Cincinnati is still without A.J. Green, who was ruled out for this game earlier today. “It was incredibly disappointing”.
The Texans were without starting running back Lamar Miller for the first time this season after he injured his ankle at the end of Sunday’s victory over the Jaguars.
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The Cincinnati Bengals have already been eliminated from playoff contention, but that doesn’t mean they took their Christmas Eve matchup with the playoff-hopeful Houston Texans lightly. We’ve got a chance to win 10 games. “It’s not going to get easier”.
