Three things to know today about Bengals-Steelers game

As a result, the Steelers rushed for just 30 yards as a team.

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.

It sets the stage for a juicy rubber match of a series that was split this season and the only intra-divisional playoff matchup in the first round.

It’s not been announced yet whether Dalton will be cleared to play Saturday, or if he is cleared, whether he will start. The Bengals will likely go with A.J. McCarron is 2-1 in his three career starts, but lost against the Steelers after coming in to replace Dalton.

“I feel like this is comfortable”, he said. “Would love to see them in the playoffs when they choke”. We’ve felt good about his decision-making in those [last] three games. Dalton was an observer only at Wednesday’s practice and Geoff Hobson of the team’s website writes that “the closest he came to wearing a helmet came when carrying the one that belongs to rookie defensive lineman Marcus Hardison”.

Pittsburgh’s defense hasn’t been the greatest this season, what is their primary goal in stopping the Bengals? Despite their somewhat inconsistent play, the Steelers found a way to sneak into the postseason (thanks in part to the Buffalo Bills) as the No. 6 seed in the AFC.

It isn’t just his work in the red zone that makes Green so scary, because he’s also been one of the league’s best playmakers on the outside over the past few years.

At the planned QB news conference, it was McCarron taking questions.

The Bengals were on the rise in 2005 when they hosted the Steelers in the wild-card round.

After starting out 8-0, the Bengals went. Cincinnati struggled behind backup Jon Kitna and the Steelers rolled to a 31-17 victory on their way to a fifth Super Bowl title. I think the guys coach each other in terms of the approach in terms of pursuit of the football, not pursing behind the same colored jersey. The Steelers have worked on putting together a shot at a seventh by withstanding the loss of Bell, center Maurkice Pouncey, left tackle Kelvin Beachum and four-plus games without Roethlisberger. That will definitely be the case when two AFC North rivals square off in primetime on Saturday night to get the ball rolling on the 2015-16 postseason. We have been in some situations where guys have made some plays as well. That a spot in the playoffs – any spot really – is all they required to prove they were as good as the sum of their considerably talented if occasionally erratic parts. Getting Tyler Eifert back is going to be big and they have so many weapons. They captured the AFC South crown by being the best of a mediocre bunch. “The biggest question for them is at the quarterback position”.

“Sitting here as a Pittsburgh Steeler, that’s the expectation to make the playoffs and hoist the Lombardi (Trophy)”, wide receiver Antonio Brown said. Seattle neutralized Minnesota’s run game in Week 13, and we doubt the Vikings have the personnel to beat Richard Sherman and Co. down field. If the secondary underperforms, this game could end up in a shootout. This year against the Bengals, he has 20 receptions for 171 yards.