The Bengals will be competing against the Houston Texans in the nfl playoffs. The Bengals will travel to Reliant Stadium in Houston for the competition. Cincinnati concluded their year with a record of 9-7 and attained the playoffs this year as a wild card in the AFC North division. After coming out ahead as the leading team in the AFC South this year, Houston concluded with a record of 10-6.

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Both teams have still had their fair share of battles this year with the 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 gotten control. Houston has additionally seen big injuries to linebacker Mario Williams as well as wide receiver Andre Johnson. The two teams have already faced one another in the course of the regular season and the Houston Texans made a last effort comeback attempt with a match winning touchdown pass captured by wide receiver Kevin Walters with mere seconds left on the clock.

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The Bengals will need to try and stay with what has worked for them this year which has been their extraordinary run game with running backs Cedric Benson and Bernard Scott. If they might accomplish this they could have the edge and finally beat a playoff team and advance past the first round for the first time in only over 20 years.

This may come down to the wire yet again as it is going to be a tight one. The Houston Texans are minor faves in spite of a number of injuries to a lot of key celebrity competitors. The over/under for total in total points for this specific game is 38. The line is set with the Houston Texans as three point faves at their home field to the long shot Bengals.