The Bengals will be competing vs the Houston Texans in the nfl playoffs. The Bengals will travel to Reliant Stadium in Houston for the game. Cincinnati ended their season with a record of 9-7 and reached the playoffs this season as a wild card in the AFC North division. After coming out ahead as the leading squad in the AFC South this season, Houston ended with a record of 10-6.

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Both squads have still had their fair share of battles this season with the Bengals losing each and every game vs playoff quality squads and the Houston Texans having serious accidents to qbs Matt Schaub and Matt Leinart. Both qbs were lost for the season with their accidents and rookie T.J. Yates has gotten control. Houston has furthermore seen big accidents to linebacker Mario Williams as well as wide receiver Andre Johnson. The two squads have already played each other during the regular season and the Houston Texans made a last effort comeback try with a game winning touchdown pass captured by wide receiver Kevin Walters with just a few seconds left on the clock.

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The Bengals outstanding run game with running backs Cedric Benson and Bernard Scott has been what’s worked for them this year, so they will need to try and stay with that. If they’re able to achieve this they could have the advantage and at last wipe out a playoff squad and move forward past the 1st round for the 1st time in just over twenty years.

This will likely be a close one and could come down to the wire yet again. The Houston Texans are minor favorites in spite of several accidents to several key celebrity players. The over/under for total overall points for this particular game is 38. The line is established with the Houston Texans as three point favorites at their home turf to the underdog Bengals.