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dejavu with this playoff match-up as cincy went down to yates and couldn't recover from turnovers and trotting out a rookie qb on the road in the playoffs. oddly enough, this is schaub's first start in the playoffs so dalton has more playoff experience. he threw 3 picks last time and was sacked 4 times, but he is a lot more confident this go round and he should be after throwing for 27 touchdowns and 3,669 yards this season. bengals were solid on the road this season, going 6-2 and their 2 losses were in division, they have rode their defense after a shaky start and their d has not let them down by by limiting seven of their final eight opponents to less than 17 points. Atkins has been a maniac in the middle of that line and I don't see him slowing down. Houston had plenty of chances to set themselves up with a much cleaner path to the superbowl but consistently didn't step up. their offense scored 16 or less 3 times in their last 5 games and really looked out of sync, especially when they really needed it at Indy. I don't think you can just turn it back on, especially against a salty defense. schaub had one TD and three picks over their 1-3 finish. I'll take my chances grabbing the points here.
Bengals +4.5 -120
tough spot for minnesota here. its hard for a team to beat another 3 times in a row especially in the same season, but minnesota put a lot in to that win, ran AD literally all day for season high 34 carries and now have to turn around on a short week and go do it all over again. ponder has been awful outside, In the four games he's played outside, he's a combined 80-of-142 for 693 yards, four touchdowns, six interceptions and two lost fumbles. he's a dome guy and a florida guy that will be playing in some pretty cold weather. not ideal. Rogers torched the vikings last week in the loss, 28-40, 365 yds and 4 td's w/ no int. minnesota played gb tough in gb earlier but ponder couldn't stop turning the ball over. a lot to ask of minn to go on the road, on a short week, outside in the cold against an offense that has all weapons and Rogers playing with his hair on fire. it may be tough to tackle AD in the cold but i don't think it will be enough for them to cover.
Packers -7 -120
Bengals +4.5 -120
tough spot for minnesota here. its hard for a team to beat another 3 times in a row especially in the same season, but minnesota put a lot in to that win, ran AD literally all day for season high 34 carries and now have to turn around on a short week and go do it all over again. ponder has been awful outside, In the four games he's played outside, he's a combined 80-of-142 for 693 yards, four touchdowns, six interceptions and two lost fumbles. he's a dome guy and a florida guy that will be playing in some pretty cold weather. not ideal. Rogers torched the vikings last week in the loss, 28-40, 365 yds and 4 td's w/ no int. minnesota played gb tough in gb earlier but ponder couldn't stop turning the ball over. a lot to ask of minn to go on the road, on a short week, outside in the cold against an offense that has all weapons and Rogers playing with his hair on fire. it may be tough to tackle AD in the cold but i don't think it will be enough for them to cover.
Packers -7 -120
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