Healthy Bengals ready for Pittsburgh

Ben Roethlisberger has been practicing in full this week, and it would be a surprise if he is not under center when the Pittsburgh Steelers take on the Cincinnati Bengals Sunday.

” The first time the Bengals were 6-0, they played the defending Super Bowl champion Steelers at Riverfront Stadium 40 years and a day after this one on November 2, 1975. Roethlisberger was injured in the third week and Bryant returned in Week 6 after serving his four-game suspension and missing another due to an injury. The power-trio can create a lot of damages and undoubtedly, they’ll be itching to go up against the Bengals.

PITTSBURGH (AP) _ The unbeaten Bengals have been so good that they can pretty much lock up the AFC North in the next few days.

The Chiefs tried their fourth different combination in their first seven games last weekend against Pittsburgh, and finally appeared to strike a chord with it. They protected Alex Smith as well as they have all season, and pried opened enough holes for the Chiefs to run for 138 yards – their second-best total of the season, even without star running back Jamaal Charles.

CIN: 4 in scoring, 3 in offense (12 rushing, 5 passing); 9 in scoring defense, 22 in defense (16 rushing, 21 passing), T-10 in turnover margin at plus-three. The Houston Texans are picked to beat the Tennessee Titans, but that would improve the team to 3-5 and tie them with the Colts. I think the Bengals would prefer that if they were to beat Pittsburgh, they would want to do so with the Steelers having their starting quarterback to really continue to boost their own resume.

“Anytime you have a guy of that caliber, it rejuvenates, revitalizes and gets everyone excited”, receiver Antonio Brown said. The team isn’t likely to have Mike Vick as an option as he was unable to practice on Thursday, leaving the door open for Landry Jones and possibly Tyler Murphy as backup at the quarterback position. “It’s challenging. You can’t play the guessing game with him“. The medical student from McGill University in Canada is happy-go-lucky in the locker room, but he displayed the kind of mean streak that most good offensive linemen have when he stepped onto the field. In order to figure out what is going wrong, we asked Joel Thorman of Arrowhead Pride five questions about the state of the Chiefs. The Steelers then wrapped up a 27-17 win.

That said, the Steelers are probably ecstatic that Big Ben is back. “At any point things can turn”.

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And if they do, the Steelers are equipped to take advantage of those opportunities. Although it’s the first time he’s sat out in two years, he has a history of not performing well in his first game back after an injury.

“Yes, it would be cool for this team to do something that’s never been done here before”, Dalton said. “As long as we keep winning, that’s what it’s about. There’s a lot in front of us”.