The Cincinnati Bengals will be competing against the Houston Texans in the nfl playoffs. The Cincinnati Bengals will travel to Reliant Stadium in Houston for the game. Cincinnati ended their season with a record of 9-7 and attained the playoffs this season as a wild card in the AFC North division. Following coming out ahead as the leading squad in the AFC South this season, Houston ended with a record of 10-6.

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Both squads have still had their fair share of struggles this season with the Cincinnati Bengals losing each game against playoff powered squads and the Houston Texans having considerable injuries to qbs Matt Schaub and Matt Leinart. Both qbs were lost for the season with their injuries and rookie T.J. Yates has gotten control. Houston has furthermore seen big injuries to linebacker Mario Williams as well as wide receiver Andre Johnson. The 2 squads have already confronted one another throughout the regular season and the Houston Texans made a last effort return attempt with a game winning td pass captured by wide receiver Kevin Walters with mere seconds left on the clock.

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The Cincinnati Bengals will need to try and stick with what has worked for them this year which has been their extraordinary run game with running backs Cedric Benson and Bernard Scott. If they are able to achieve this they may have the advantage and ultimately wipe out a playoff squad and move forward past the first round for the first time in just over twenty years.

This will be a near one and might boil down to the wire yet again. Even with a number of injuries to many crucial celebrity competitors, the Houston Texans are slight favorites. The over/under for total total points for this particular game is 38. The line is established with the Houston Texans as 3 point favorites at their home field to the longshot Cincinnati Bengals.