{"id":2724,"date":"2008-11-19T23:17:00","date_gmt":"2008-11-20T04:17:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2008\/11\/bengals-steelers-preview\/"},"modified":"2008-11-19T23:17:00","modified_gmt":"2008-11-20T04:17:00","slug":"bengals-steelers-preview","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2008\/11\/bengals-steelers-preview\/","title":{"rendered":"Bengals-Steelers Preview"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n
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The Cincinnati Bengals and the Pittsburgh Steelers will both be trying to pick up a win on Thursday when they battle at Heinz Field. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Oddsmakers currently have the Steelers listed as 11-point favorites versus the Bengals, while the game’s total is sitting at 34\u00bd. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
The Bengals tied Philadelphia 13-13 as a 9-point underdog last week. The combined score fell UNDER the posted over\/under total (41). <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Ryan Fitzpatrick threw for 261 yards with a touchdown for Cincinnati and T.J. Houshmandzadeh caught 12 passes for 149 yards with a touchdown. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
The Steelers defeated San Diego 11-10 as a 4.5-point favorite last week. The combined score fell UNDER the posted over\/under total (40.5). <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Ben Roethlisberger passed for 308 yards with no touchdowns and no interceptions for Pittsburgh, while Willie Parker rushed for 115 yards on 25 carries. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Team records:
Cincinnati: 1-8-1 SU, 4-6 ATS
Pittsburgh: 7-3 SU, 4-6 ATS <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Cincinnati most recently:
When playing in November are 6-3-1
When playing on grass are 3-7
After being outgained are 3-7
When playing within the division are 3-7<\/p>\n

Pittsburgh most recently:
When playing in November are 7-3
When playing on grass are 6-4
After outgaining opponent are 4-6
When playing within the division are 9-1<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n

A few trends to consider:
The total has gone OVER in 5 of Cincinnati’s last 6 games when playing on the road against Pittsburgh
The total has gone UNDER in 11 of Cincinnati’s last 16 games
The total has gone UNDER in 6 of Cincinnati’s last 9 games on the road
Cincinnati is 4-2 ATS in its last 6 games when playing on the road against Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh is 5-1 ATS in its last 6 games when playing Cincinnati
Pittsburgh is 5-1 SU in its last 6 games when playing Cincinnati
The total has gone OVER in 5 of Pittsburgh’s last 6 games when playing at home against Cincinnati
Pittsburgh is 13-5 SU in its last 18 games at home<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Next up:
Cincinnati home to Baltimore, Sunday, November 30
Pittsburgh at New England, Sunday, November 30<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n

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The Cincinnati Bengals and the Pittsburgh Steelers will both be trying to pick up a win on Thursday when they battle at Heinz Field. Oddsmakers currently have the Steelers listed as 11-point favorites versus the Bengals, while the game’s total is sitting at 34\u00bd. The Bengals tied Philadelphia 13-13 as a 9-point underdog last week. … Continue reading Bengals-Steelers Preview<\/span> →<\/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-2724","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2724","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=2724"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2724\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2724"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2724"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2724"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}