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Pittsburgh Steelers @ Cincinatti Bengals
I have futures on the Steelers this year but they aren't steamrolling the Bengals tonight. In fact, I'd be surprised if they won SU.
Bengals are not a great team, but they are playing with confidence off 2 straight wins, and have nothing to lose playing their most hated rival.
The biggest thing I like is that Cincinatti hasn’t had a meaningful game yet this year. They’ve had 0 games on SNF, 0 games on MNF, got blown out to divisional opponent Ravens, and got blown out to divisional opponent Steelers earlier in the year. After this week they have 3 straight non-conference game before a final game against Baltimore that will most likely be meaningless. This game against the Steelers is all the Bengals have left with meaning on their schedule and is definitely their biggest game remaining on the year, while also playing under the lights of MNF.
Meanwhile, this is just another game for PITT. They’ve already won all 3 games within the division, are playing their 4th primetime game of the year, already clobbered the Bengals earlier in the year, and have beaten the Bengals 5 straight times dating back to 2015. Yes the Steelers have to keep winning to keep pace with the Pats for the #1 seed, but hard to see them take this game for anything more than just another game.
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