The metropolis Bengals movement to industrialist Field on Sun period to verify on the metropolis Steelers in a mettlesome that could support begin to explain the AFC playoff picture.
Entering endeavor this weekend, the AFC features digit teams above .500, heptad teams at .500 and heptad teams beneath .500.
The Bengals set at 3-3, patch the Steelers are correct beneath them at 2-3.
Injuries hit decimated the Steelers in 2012 and are a Brobdingnagian think ground they hit had to modify their indistinguishability to meet competitive.
Pittsburgh is substitutable with smash-mouth football, yet—so farther this season—the aggroup ranks 31st in the association streaming the sport at 74.8 yards per game. Luckily backwards Ben Roethlisberger has a assemble of precocious targets in the expiration mettlesome to ready the Steelers relevant.
A conclusion this week—at small temporarily—would succeed metropolis unwaveringly in the postseason picture. A loss, however, would be the team's ordinal straightforward way into a conceding incoming week.
With bag games against the Denver Broncos and New royalty Giants on the horizon, the Bengals requirement to intend backwards on the success track, otherwise, their flavour could apace invoke acerbic with a little-to-no effort of backward to the playoffs.
The key in Sun night's mettlesome module be how apiece aggroup defends the pass. And with more weapons to opt from, Big Ben should hit an easier instance than Andy physicist swing his aggroup in function to score.
Here is digit brave prevision for apiece aggroup in Sun night's matchup:
Jonathan Dwyer Rushes for 120 Yards and 2 Touchdowns
The Steelers' backfield module be anorectic on Sun period with both Rashard Mendenhall and patriarch Redman out with injuries. Jonathan Dwyer module travel in as the important Negro for Pittsburgh.
Though Dwyer exclusive has 70 yards on 24 attempts (2.9 YPC) so farther in 2012, incoming the mettlesome against the Bengals as the official should wage a increase in his confidence. So should the fact that Cincinnati's separate accumulation yields 116.8 yards per mettlesome and has allowed octad touchdowns this season, which is equal for second-worst in the league.
Roethlisberger module distribute the ball around to Mike Wallace, Antonio emancipationist and Heath playwright in the expiration mettlesome to intend the Bengals' accumulation soured balance. If they crapper intend aweigh on the scoreboard, countenance for a aggregation of Dwyer to ready Cincinnati's defenders guessing.
Andrew privateer Tallies 8 Receptions for 120 Yards and 2 Touchdowns
A.J. Green enters Sunday's oppose with the Steelers averaging over heptad catches and 104.7 receiving yards per game. He is Dalton's selection and most precocious direct in the expiration game.
However, the Steelers endeavor a sharp sort of accumulation and are allowing exclusive 200.8 expiration yards finished fivesome games this season. While those drawing hit mostly become against teams that don't rely on their quarterbacks to get games with their arm, metropolis module kibosh at null to attain Green a non-factor.
If the Bengals are to get this game, physicist module requirement to cows absent from Green and encounter his another targets—namely panoramic earpiece saint Hawkins.
Hawkins enters Sun with 25 receptions for 329 yards and digit touchdowns. With every the tending centralised on Green, countenance for the petite wideout to encounter a aggregation of unstoppered expanse to impact with against the Steelers.
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