The Cincinnati Bengals will be competing against the Houston Texans in pro football playoffs. The Bengals will travel to Reliant Stadium in Houston for the match up. Cincinnati finished their year with a record of 9-7 and attained the playoffs this year as a wild card in the AFC North division. Houston finished with a record of 10-6 and came out ahead as the leading team in the AFC South this year.

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Both teams have still had their fair share of challenges this year with the Cincinnati Bengals losing each and every game against playoff caliber teams and the Houston Texans having serious injuries to qbs Matt Schaub and Matt Leinart. Both qbs were lost for the year with their injuries and rookie T.J. Yates has taken control. Houston has additionally seen big injuries to linebacker Mario Williams and also wide receiver Andre Johnson. The two teams have already faced each other throughout the regular season and the Houston Texans made a last effort comeback try with a match winning touchdown pass caught 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 have to try and stay with that. If they can accomplish this they could have the advantage and finally eliminate a playoff team and progress past the first round for the first time in only over twenty years.

This might boil down to the wire yet again as it is going to be a near one. Despite a number of injuries to many essential celebrity players, the Houston Texans are slight faves. The over/under for total total points for this specific game is 38. The line is established with the Texans as three point faves at their home field to the longshot Bengals.