The Bengals will be competing vs the Houston Texans in pro football playoffs. The Cincinnati Bengals will travel to Reliant Stadium in Houston for the game. Cincinnati finished their year with a record of 9-7 and reached the playoffs this year as a wild card in the AFC North division. Houston finished with a record of 10-6 and came out ahead as the leading squad in the AFC South this year.

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With the Houston Texans having serious injuries to qbs Matt Schaub and Matt Leinart and the Bengals losing each game vs playoff powered teams, both teams have still had their fair share of battles this year. Both qbs were lost for the year with their injuries and rookie T.J. Yates has taken control. Houston has furthermore seen major injuries to linebacker Mario Williams and also wide receiver Andre Johnson. The 2 teams have already faced each other during the regular season and the Houston Texans made a last effort comeback attempt with a match winning touchdown pass caught by wide receiver Kevin Walters with mere seconds left on the clock.

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The Cincinnati Bengals will have to try and stay with what has worked for them this year which has been their outstanding run game with running backs Cedric Benson and Bernard Scott. If they might achieve this they could have the advantage and at last beat a playoff squad and move forward past the first round for the first time in just over twenty years.

This is going to be a tight one and could come down to the wire yet again. The Houston Texans are minor faves even with several injuries to plenty of essential star competitors. The over/under for total total points for this specific game is 38. The line is established with the Texans as 3 point faves at their home turf to the longshot Cincinnati Bengals.