Pittsburgh Steelers vs Cincinnati Bengals Prediction, Game Preview

Pittsburgh Steelers vs Cincinnati Bengals prediction, game preview, and fantasy player to watch

Pittsburgh Steelers vs Cincinnati Bengals prediction, game preview, and fantasy player to watch.


Pittsburgh Steelers vs Cincinnati Bengals Broadcast

Date: Monday, December 21
Game Time: 8:15 ET
Venue: Paul Brown Stadium, Cincinnati, OH
Network: ESPN

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Pittsburgh Steelers (11-2) vs Cincinnati Bengals (2-10-1) Game Preview

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Why Pittsburgh Steelers Will Win

It’s time for the defense to take over.

It hasn’t been bad over the last two losses, but the secondary has been hit a bit, and Buffalo was able to run relatively well and Alex Smith and Washington threw enough to pull off the upset.

Cincinnati’s running game doesn’t work, the offense has scored ten points or fewer in four of the last five games, and the turnovers are flowing with two more in each of the last five games and in six of the last seven.

Why Cincinnati Bengals Will Win

The Bengals need the Steelers to continue to be off.

The Pittsburgh running game isn’t working even a little bit – it hasn’t hit 70 yards in six of the last seven games and failed to hit 50 in five of those – there have been an impossible number of drops, and team seemed like it hit a bit of a wall after all the strange scheduling twists and turns throughout December.

Cincinnati has to somehow get QB Ryan Finley into an early groove just to keep the chains moving. This has to be a low-scoring game, the Bengal D has to be great, and the Steelers have to screw up.

Fantasy Football Player To Watch

TE Eric Ebron, Pittsburgh
The Steelers win this by not screwing up, not taking a lot of chances, and relying on the defense to take care of the rest. However, that only works if the receivers start making more plays, and that includes Ebron. He’s being targeted enough to be a major factor, but has too many key drops and has just one touchdown catch in the last five games. After catching just two passes against Buffalo, watch out for a big performance.

What’s Going To Happen

Pittsburgh will get back on track fast.

There still won’t be a Steeler running game, but the Cincinnati offense won’t be able to take advantage to many opportunities, if any.

It’ll be a businesslike effort from the O, a charged up game from the D, and Pittsburgh will get back on track before dealing with Indianapolis next week.

Pittsburgh Steelers vs Cincinnati Bengals Prediction, Line

Pittsburgh 31, Cincinnati 10
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Pittsburgh -12.5, o/u: 40.5
ATS Confidence out of 5: 3.5

Must See Rating: 2

5: Mank
1: Saved By The Bell

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What are the odds?: Joe Burrow, Bengals underdogs to the Steelers heading into Sunday

Joe Burrow and the Cincinnati Bengals enter Sunday’s matchup against the Pittsburgh Steelers as underdogs.

Joe Burrow and the Cincinnati Bengals (2-5-1) put on quite the show the last time they played a game, defeating a highly-touted Tennessee Titans team, 31-20 in Paul Brown Stadium.

Burrow has been consistently solid in his delivery throughout his rookie season, and that Nov. 1 matchup was no different, as the quarterback completed 26-of-37 passing attempts for 249 yards with two touchdowns and no interceptions.

Heading into Sunday, Burrow and the Bengals are 7-point underdogs, per BET MGM, as they prepare to face an undefeated Pittsburgh Steelers team on the road at Heinz Field.

It will be no easy task trying to lay damage to the Steelers’ perfect record, but the Titans were a team to beat that several thought would pull out an easy win over Cincinnati, so the saying of “any given Sunday” could certainly ring true here.

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The Bengals looked balanced on offense against Tennessee, with a pair of rushing touchdowns out of Giovani Bernard and Samaje Perine matching Burrow’s two touchdown tosses to Tyler Boyd and Bernard.

If the Bengals can find a way to capitalize off this newfound momentum and if Burrow can continue to grow the way we’ve seen him do all season, this team could have a real shot at pulling another upset.

The Bengals and Steelers are set to kick off at 3:25 p.m. CT on Sunday afternoon.

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Pittsburgh Steelers vs Cincinnati Bengals Prediction, Game Preview

Pittsburgh Steelers vs Cincinnati Bengals prediction, game preview, and fantasy player to watch.

Pittsburgh Steelers vs Cincinnati Bengals prediction, game preview, and fantasy player to watch.


Pittsburgh Steelers vs Cincinnati Bengals Broadcast

Date: Sunday, November 15
Game Time: 4:25 ET
Venue: Heinz Field, Pittsburgh, PA
Network: FOX

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Why Cincinnati Bengals Will Win

The Bengals are rested, and Pittsburgh really, really isn’t.

It’s not just that the Steelers had their bye week well over a month ago, it’s that they’re coming off a brutal three-game road stretch with emotional wins over Tennessee and Baltimore and a relatively flat date against a plucky Dallas team that was overmatched, but balled out.

As good as the Steelers are, they’re not pushing the ball down the field enough, the ground game has failed to hit 100 yards in the last three games, and the run defense is starting to get hammered on over the last few weeks.

Why Pittsburgh Steelers Will Win

As great as Joe Burrow is, the Bengals have to run to win. Burrow is great at forcing comebacks and he’s playing well beyond his rookie experience, but the team has won two games this year and those just so happened to be the two times it ran for 100 yards.

The Steelers got hammered by Baltimore and Dallas was somehow able to get going for 144 yards, but they’ve been great all year against everyone’s ground game.

Fantasy Football Player To Watch

WR Diontae Johnson, Pittsburgh
Johnson has been targeted 10+ times in four of the seven games he played in. Although he has had some dud games – one catch against Baltimore – but he’s still Plan A #1 WR on a stacked skill position team. The Bengal D has been up and down this year, but it’s going to give up a slew of downfield plays this week to a team that doesn’t normally hit deep shots.

What’s Going To Happen

Pittsburgh might be leaking oil, but they’re surviving on key offensive plays and a whole slew of takeaways form the defense. It has come up with two or more takeaways against everyone but Houston and Tennessee, and Cincinnati  is usually good for a giveaway or two.

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Pittsburgh Steelers vs Cincinnati Bengals Prediction, Line

Pittsburgh 30, Cincinnati 24
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Pittsburgh -7.5, o/u: 47
ATS Confidence out of 5: 2

Must See Rating: 3.5

5: Alex Trebek
1: “Who are three people who have never been in my kitchen.”

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