Andy Dalton unlikely to play in wildcard round vs. Pittsburgh

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McCarron is one of the few second-year National Football League quarterbacks who can say he’s played in bigger games than a first-round playoff game. The Bills beat the Jets 22-17, while Pittsburgh knocked off Cleveland 28-12, the only results that would have gotten the Steelers into the postseason. It’s The Narrative, and it’s been a hard one for Cincinnati to shake. Atkins had a sack late in the first game, but for the most part, the interior pass rush that has been so good this season hasn’t been as disruptive against the Steelers. They will now host the sixth seed, Pittsburgh Steelers, on Saturday for the right to go to the divisional round in two weeks. Sometimes it has been warranted.

Baltimore kept scrapping away, though, and scored a touchdown with just less than two minutes remaining. “We won’t have the penalties we had last time”. Moments later, an acrobatic catch by receiver A.J. Green who tapped his toes inbounds for a 5-yard TD put the Bengals ahead 14-9. Tucker was three for three on the day and kept Baltimore in the game during the early portions of the contest.

Hill carried 16 times for 96 yards, his second-best rushing effort during an otherwise disappointing second season. He also had 2 touchdowns along with 2 interceptions, one of which was a William Gay pick-six. But the defense needs to shoulder some of the blame, particularly in these games, when the offense’s lack of scoring was not mitigated by the defense keeping its opponents from scoring. The only loss was to Denver in overtime on the road. He took over after Dalton’s injury in the first quarter. He took over when Dalton broke his thumb during a 33-20 loss to the Steelers at Paul Brown Stadium on December 13. In three starts since taking over for injured Andy Dalton he has yet to throw an interception. He started dying laughing when I told him how I remembered that.

“I remember him giving me a wristband and just how cool it was”, McCarron recalled Tuesday, per ESPN’s Coley Harvey.

Lewis was referring to Dalton informing the media on Friday that he was going to meet with doctors Monday and hoped to have his cast removed.

Since taking over for Dalton, McCarron’s played a lot like he did at Alabama.

The Bengals also overcame a season-high 11 penalties totaling 72 yards, compared to four penalties for Baltimore.

Cincinnati (12-4) remained in contention for a playoff bye after failing to convert a third-down play Sunday.

From a defensive standpoint the Steelers will need to apply pressure to McCarron, hopefully generating turnovers and gaining the best possible field position for the offense. The Ravens likely would have been better off if they had atleast attempted to keep the defense honest. His teams have done so poorly in the playoffs that he’s compared himself to Susan Lucci, the television soap star who was nominated 19 times before finally winning an Emmy.