{"id":5786,"date":"2009-09-26T19:37:00","date_gmt":"2009-09-27T00:37:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/09\/nfl-odds-steelers-vs-bengals\/"},"modified":"2009-09-26T19:37:00","modified_gmt":"2009-09-27T00:37:00","slug":"nfl-odds-steelers-vs-bengals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/09\/nfl-odds-steelers-vs-bengals\/","title":{"rendered":"NFL Odds: Steelers vs Bengals"},"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\">Divisional bragging rights will be on the line on Sunday when the Pittsburgh Steelers and the Cincinnati Bengals meet at Paul Brown 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 Steelers listed as 4-point favorites versus the Bengals, while the game&#8217;s total is sitting at 37. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">The Steelers lost to <?xml:namespace prefix = st1 ns = \"urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags\" \/><st1:City><st1:place>Chicago<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> 17-14 as a 3-point favorite in Week 2. The combined score fell UNDER the posted over\/under total (38.5). <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Ben Roethlisberger rushed for 221 yards with a touchdown pass, an interception and a TD run, while Santonio Holmes caught five passes for 83 yards. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">The Bengals defeated <st1:City><st1:place>Green Bay<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> 31-24 as a 7.5-point underdog in Week 2. The combined score went OVER the posted over\/under total (42). <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Carson Palmer passed for 185 yards with three touchdown passes, two interceptions and a TD run for <st1:City><st1:place>Cincinnati<\/st1:place><\/st1:City>, while Chad Ochocinco caught four passes for 91 yards and a touchdown in the win. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Team records:<br \/><st1:City><st1:place>Pittsburgh<\/st1:place><\/st1:City>: 1-1 SU, 0-2 ATS <br \/>Cincinnati: 1-1 SU, 1-1 ATS <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Pittsburgh most recently:<br \/>When playing in September are 7-3<br \/>When playing on turf are 6-4<br \/>After outgaining opponent are 8-2<br \/>When playing within the division are 9-1<\/p>\n<p>Cincinnati most recently:<br \/>When playing in September are 3-7<br \/>When playing on turf are 3-6-1<br \/>After outgaining opponent are 5-4-1<br \/>When playing within the division are 3-7<o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">A few trends to consider:<br \/>Pittsburgh is 5-0 ATS in its last 5 games when playing on the road against Cincinnati<br \/>Pittsburgh is 5-0 SU in its last 5 games when playing Cincinnati<br \/>Pittsburgh is 5-0 ATS in its last 5 games when playing Cincinnati<br \/>Pittsburgh is 5-0 SU in its last 5 games when playing on the road against Cincinnati<br \/>The total has gone UNDER in 5 of Cincinnati&#8217;s last 6 games <br \/>Cincinnati is 4-1 SU in its last 5 games <br \/>Cincinnati is 4-1 ATS in its last 5 games <br \/>The total has gone UNDER in 4 of Cincinnati&#8217;s last 5 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>Pittsburgh<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> home to San Diego, Sunday, October 4<br \/><st1:City><st1:place>Cincinnati<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> at <st1:City><st1:place>Cleveland<\/st1:place><\/st1:City>, Sunday, October 4<o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<p class=MsoNormal style=\"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt\"><o:p><font face=\"Times New Roman\" size=3>&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>Divisional bragging rights will be on the line on Sunday when the Pittsburgh Steelers and the Cincinnati Bengals meet at Paul Brown Stadium. Oddsmakers currently have the Steelers listed as 4-point favorites versus the Bengals, while the game&#8217;s total is sitting at 37. The Steelers lost to Chicago 17-14 as a 3-point favorite in Week &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/09\/nfl-odds-steelers-vs-bengals\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">NFL Odds: Steelers vs Bengals<\/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-5786","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5786","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=5786"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5786\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5786"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5786"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5786"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}