Andy Dalton has cast removed; Bengals preparing to start AJ McCarron

The Bengals are tied with the Ravens for the second most division title after 2005 with three. These two squads split games with each other during the regular season, one win each. And it certainly looked like it, for stretches at a time.

After McCarron relieved Dalton last month, the 25-year-old quarterback made sure to remind Roethlisberger of their meeting-more than 12 years ago-after the game.

“You need a running back in the playoffs, you need a team that’s able to control the clock”.

If McCarron leads the Bengals to victory on Saturday, he will become the first quarterback to win a playoff game with such little experience since 1979, when Gifford Nielsen led the Houston Oilers to a win in San Diego. “We’ll continue to move forward”.

On the season, the Pittsburgh Steelers average 287.7 yards in passing and 107.8 yards in rushing.

If anyone knows what the Pittsburgh Steelers organization is about, it’s coach Bill Cowher. Meanwhile, Packers-Redskins and Steelers-Bengals have totals from 45-46.5. The Bengals, of course, will call it respect.

“There’s not a correlation”, Lewis said.

“This team’s built for this kind of stuff”, Dalton said. “Personally, obviously I want to be out there anytime we’re playing”.

Carson Palmer tore ligaments in his left knee and dislocated his kneecap when he was hit by Kimo von Oelhoffen on his first throw of the game, the only time the Ohio River rivals have met in the playoffs. Despite being the road team, expect the Steelers to pull out the win.

The Bengals were flagged 111 times, which ranked the 14th-most in the league.

But there’s good news for Cincinnati as the cast on Dalton’s hand was removed last Monday, according to reports, although it is uncertain if he is set to start again.

McCarron’s numbers may not be as inflated as Dalton’s and the offense is scoring at a lower rate (21.3 points per game as opposed to 27.8 in games Dalton finished), but Pittsburgh head coach Mike Tomlin is seeing what Jackson said would be the case – that the Bengals haven’t changed much since that December 13 game. “We weren’t as thrilled with some of his decisions his first opportunity. It’s what any player that touches the football in your offense has to do, which is protect the football”.

“I feel like this is comfortable”, he said.

Lewis would not immediately share the results of that exam. But facts are facts, and Lewis is 0-6 in the playoffs. A win over the Texans in a game in which they are favored by 3, would extend the Chiefs’ current winning streak to 11 straight. It’s not personal to me. Now that we’re in our “second season”, there’s a finality to this. “We’re going to focus on that, and not trying to hurt ourselves”. “I would imagine that he’s very good above the neck and he’s preparing well and it shows his level of comfort and his abilities in that they’re still doing the things that they were doing when Andy was playing”.

During the game, Andy Dalton broke his thumb and was replaced by AJ McCarron. First I will give my predicted score for the two AFC games and a small summary of why I think that and then the same for the two NFC games.

There is no tomorrow to worry about if you don’t win.