{"id":2454,"date":"2008-10-25T22:07:00","date_gmt":"2008-10-26T03:07:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2008\/10\/bengals-texans-preview\/"},"modified":"2008-10-25T22:07:00","modified_gmt":"2008-10-26T03:07:00","slug":"bengals-texans-preview","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2008\/10\/bengals-texans-preview\/","title":{"rendered":"Bengals-Texans Preview"},"content":{"rendered":"<table cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" border=\"0\" >\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" style=\"font: inherit;\">\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">The Cincinnati Bengals and the Houston Texans will both be trying to pick up a win on Sunday when they battle at Reliant Stadium. <?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = \"urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office\" \/><o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Oddsmakers currently have the Texans listed as 9-point favorites versus the Bengals, while the game&#8217;s total is sitting at 45. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Ryan Fitzpatrick had one touchdown strike in Cincinnati&#8217;s 38-10 drubbing at the hands of the Steelers in Week 7. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">The Steelers easily covered the 9-point spread on the road in that contest, while the combined score went OVER the day&#8217;s posted total (35). <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Matt Schaub threw for 267 yards and two touchdowns in Week 7 as the Texans topped the Lions by a final score of 28-21. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">The Texans failed to cover the 10-point spread at home in that contest, while the combined score went OVER the day&#8217;s posted total (46.5). <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Current streak:<br \/><?xml:namespace prefix = st1 ns = \"urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags\" \/><st1:City><st1:place>Cincinnati<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> has lost 7 straight games.<br \/><st1:City><st1:place>Houston<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> has won 2 straight games.<o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Team records:<br \/><st1:City><st1:place>Cincinnati<\/st1:place><\/st1:City>: 0-7 SU, 2-5 ATS <br \/>Houston: 2-4 SU, 2-4 ATS <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Cincinnati most recently:<br \/>When playing in October are 2-8<br \/>When playing on grass are 4-6<br \/>After being outgained are 4-6<br \/>When playing outside the division are 3-7<\/p>\n<p>Houston most recently:<br \/>When playing in October are 4-6<br \/>When playing on grass are 5-5<br \/>After outgaining opponent are 6-4<br \/>When playing outside the division are 7-3<o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">A few trends to consider:<br \/>The total has gone UNDER in 9 of Cincinnati&#8217;s last 13 games <br \/>Cincinnati is 4-7-1 ATS in its last 12 games on the road<br \/>Cincinnati is 2-5 ATS in its last 7 games <br \/>Cincinnati is 1-6 SU in its last 7 games on the road<br \/>The total has gone OVER in 5 of Houston&#8217;s last 5 games <br \/>Houston is 6-1 SU in its last 7 games at home<br \/>The total has gone OVER in 5 of Houston&#8217;s last 6 games at home<br \/>Houston is 5-2 ATS in its last 7 games at home<o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Next up:<br \/><st1:City><st1:place>Cincinnati<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> home to <st1:City><st1:place>Jacksonville<\/st1:place><\/st1:City>, Sunday, November 2<br \/><st1:City><st1:place>Houston<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> at <st1:State><st1:place>Minnesota<\/st1:place><\/st1:State>, Sunday, November 2<o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<p style=\"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt\" class=MsoNormal><o:p><font size=3 face=\"Times New Roman\">&nbsp;<\/font><\/o:p><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<div class=\"blogger-post-footer\"><a\nhref=\"http:\/\/www.offshoreinsiders.com\/\"><b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'>OffshoreInsiders.com<\/b><\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Cincinnati Bengals and the Houston Texans will both be trying to pick up a win on Sunday when they battle at Reliant Stadium. Oddsmakers currently have the Texans listed as 9-point favorites versus the Bengals, while the game&#8217;s total is sitting at 45. Ryan Fitzpatrick had one touchdown strike in Cincinnati&#8217;s 38-10 drubbing at &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2008\/10\/bengals-texans-preview\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Bengals-Texans Preview<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2454","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2454","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2454"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2454\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2454"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2454"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2454"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}