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Published: November 11, 2009
The Cincinnati Bengals will travel in a key AFC North battle when they meet up with the Pittsburgh Steelers in an NFL game on Sunday afternoon. Kick off time in Pittsburgh is scheduled for 1PM Eastern Time with regional television coverage provided by CBS. The LVSC NFL odds makers have set the opening point spread in this game and the Pittsburgh Steelers opened as a 6 ½ point favorite with the over under coming in at 41 1/2. The early money from the NFL betting public has come in on the home favorite, as the Pittsburgh Steelers are currently a 7-point favorite. The over under has seen betting action towards the over, as the total is currently lined at 42. NFL money line bettors can make a play on the favored Pittsburgh Steelers at –325 with the road underdog Cincinnati Bengals returning +275 to win straight up with no points on their side.
In their first meeting this season it was Cincinnati pulling out a 23-20 home victory over the Steelers. The Bengals overcame a 20-9 deficit in the fourth quarter with 14 straight points culminating in a Carson Palmer 4 yard touchdown pass to Andre Caldwell with just 14 seconds remaining. In that contest the Bengals were miserable for most of the game extending drives as the team could only convert on 3 of 12 on third downs. The Bengals got a gift touchdown interception return as Jonathan Joseph picked off Ben Roehtlisberger in the flat and scampered 30 yards into the end zone. The Bengals are coming off a huge 17-7 win against the Baltimore Ravens last week as Baltimore was seeking revenge on a 17-14 victory by Cincinnati at Baltimore on October 11th. The Bengals defense has just been outstanding limiting their past four opponents to less than 100 yards rushing the football. A healthy Carson Palmer has made the difference with Cincinnati as the veteran quarterback has hit on 61% of his passes for 14 touchdowns and 7 interceptions. The Bengals were hit with a major injury to their receiving corps as wide receiver Chris Henry will miss the season with a broken arm. Cedric Benson has given the Bengals a good running game with a 4.2 yards a carry average with 6 rushing touchdowns on the season. The Bengals have been a stingy defense this season putting tremendous pressure on opposing quarterbacks and limiting teams to an average of 16.9 points per game. Pittsburgh will be on a short week after defeating Denver soundly 28-10 on Monday Night Football. It was an outstanding defensive performance by the Steelers who allowed Denver just 27 yards rushing and 203 yards through the air and forced 3 turnovers. Running back Rashard Medenhall has run the ball very effectively with 5.7 yards per carry average in 100 carries this season. The 2nd year pro is coming off a 155 yards rushing performance on the good Denver Broncos defense last week on just 22 carries. Medenhall did not play in the teams first meeting back in week three. Medenhall was in the doghouse for not knowing the playbook and had just 7 carries total after the first three weeks of the season. After Willie Parker was ineffective the team turned to Medenhall who has since produced.
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NFL Trend: Pittsburgh Steelers are 5-1 ATS in their past 6 meetings with the Cincinnati Bengals
The Wagerline consensus has 61.9% of the NFL bettors on Cincinnati +7
The Wagerline consensus has 59.3% of the NFL bettors playing over 42
