The Steelers have owned the Bengals though, going 4-1 straight up and against the spread in the past five meetings according to the OddsShark NFL Database and winning 13 of the last 15 times they have visited Paul Brown Stadium.
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The Pittsburgh Steelers find themselves in familiar territory, squeezing into the playoffs as the sixth seed and challenging the AFC North-champion Cincinnati Bengals in the wild-card round.
“The good news for a team that tends to play to its competition’s level is that such an approach sets a high bar come the postseason”. In fact, the Bengals have not won a playoff game anywhere in 25 years, the longest postseason victory drought in the NFL and one of the longest in the league’s history. On top of that, Dalton and Lewis have gotten a lot of criticism over the years for failing to show up during the biggest games-neither have ever won a playoff game.
With a healthy Ben Roethlisberger and Antonio Brown putting up the third best season by a receiver in league history, Pittsburgh’s offense should not be taken lightly by any opponent. “When I didn’t have experience, I wouldn’t acknowledge that”.
After the bungled coin toss, the Patriots got stomped by the Dolphins, 20-10 to close the regular season with two consecutive losses. We have to go in there with the fight to win.
There is no tomorrow to worry about if you don’t win.
The offensive juggernaut of the Pittsburgh Steelers can not be neglected at all. “I think if you take care of the ball and play the way we have, you have a chance to have great things happen”.
The Steelers, they were victorious in Week 17 while the New York Jets fell in Buffalo and have allowed Pittsburgh to win the AFC’s No. 6 seed and final Wild Card spot. Steelers 27, Bengals 23. Their last meeting was last month when the Steelers won 33-20. He started dying laughing when I told him how I remembered that. “Personally, obviously I want to be out there anytime we’re playing. That’s something I feel we should come out with every game and not have to be egged into that”.
But when the two teams faced off, the Bengals would end up playing essentially the whole game without star quarterback Carson Palmer, who suffered a knee injury on his first pass attempt. He’s seen the team go on extended postseason runs and also lose its postseason opener.
This could be one of those years when being on the road in January matters little. “Give extra attention to Green and make the Bengals one-dimensional and the Steelers can stop them”. “What we did in the past, will not help us this year”. The week before that, the Steelers got Colts backup Matt Hasselbeck. “It’s all about your confidence right now, your ability to prepare and get out there and do your job”. If Roethlisberger and Brown develop a rhythm in the game, the Steelers could roll, even without any real running game. But he did not practice Thursday…. He has thrown nine total interceptions in the last six games.
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Dalton, who broke the thumb on his throwing hand during a December 13 game against the Steelers, had the cast on his right hand removed after a visit to a local hand specialist on Monday, but his status for the playoffs is still uncertain.
