The Cincinnati Bengals are looking at the playoffs and the Pittsburgh Steelers are the next team on the schedule and the game will be on Sunday night football starting up at 8:30 pm on NBC and the matchup will be streaming live online from the NFL.com league website.
The Steelers are coming into the game after a loss to the Dolphins that ended in exciting fashion when Antonio Brown stepped out of bounds on a last second play that would have won the game and he finished with 138 yards on the game, while Ben Roethlisberger passed for 349 passing yards in the matchup and now the team is ranked in the top ten in passing yards per game. The team is ranked 31st in rushing yards per contest in the league, while the team is ranked ninth in passing yards allowed per game with 222 yards per contest, while the team is allowing 120 rushing yards per contest, ranked 24th in the league. The team started the season 0-4 and has lost two games in a row heading into the back stretch and now they have two of three games at home with the Bengals and the Browns, while they will travel in the next game to play the Green Bay Packers at Lambeau Field.
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The Bengals are leading the AFC North division and the Steelers are out of it after losing last week and now they are playing for pride, as the Ravens are second in the division and Pitt can do them a favor with a win over Cincy. The Bengals are coming off of a nice win against the Colts that saw 99 yards from Giovani Bernard and now they come in ranked in the top 10 in defense, with the team ranking fifth in the league in rushing yards per game and seventh in passing yards allowed per game, while they are also ranked 15th in rushing and 12th in passing yards per game.
The Bengals have been to the playoffs the past two seasons and have won three games in a row after losing two in a row in overtime and now they have won six of their last eight games and that includes the big blowout of the Jets. The team is looking good for the playoffs and winning over the Steelers will help that big time and they have two games at home left after the road matchup against the Steelers, playing the Vikings at 1 pm and then against the Ravens in a huge divisional matchup. The game on NBC will be starting up at 8:30 pm.
