{"id":25615,"date":"2012-10-21T12:45:14","date_gmt":"2012-10-21T17:45:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/?p=25615"},"modified":"2012-10-21T09:48:43","modified_gmt":"2012-10-21T14:48:43","slug":"sunday-night-football-betting-preview-pittsburgh-steelers-vs-cincinnati-bengals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/sunday-night-football-betting-preview-pittsburgh-steelers-vs-cincinnati-bengals-25615\/","title":{"rendered":"Sunday Night Football Betting Preview: Pittsburgh Steelers vs. Cincinnati Bengals"},"content":{"rendered":"

Pittsburgh Steelers at Cincinnati Bengals
\nSunday, 10\/21\/12, 8:20 PM EST, TV:\u00a0 NBC
\nOpening Point Spread:\u00a0 Pittsburgh -1.5
\nCurrent Betting Line:\u00a0 Pittsburgh -1
\nOpening Total:\u00a0 45.5
\nCurrent Total:\u00a0 45.5
\nOdds Courtesy of Bookmaker<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"Steelers<\/a>
The Pittsburgh Steelers have won four straight against the Cincinnati Bengals<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Pittsburgh has alternated wins and losses in its first five games this year, as it looks to bounce back from a disappointing 26-23 loss to the Tennessee Titans as 5.5-point road favorites.\u00a0 \u201cThe panic button, we\u2019re tapping on it,\u201d stated Steelers linebacker Larry Foote.\u00a0 \u201cWe can\u2019t lose no more, that\u2019s the approach.\u201d\u00a0 The Steelers are 18-9 in primetime games under head coach Mike Tomlin, which includes a 9-6 mark on the road.\u00a0 Pittsburgh is 8-5 ATS versus division opponents the last two-plus years, with the OVER going 7-6 in those contests.<\/p>\n

The Steelers are led offensively by the play of quarterback Ben Roethlisberger, who has thrown for at least 360 yards in two games this season.\u00a0 He has compiled a tremendous 33-9 record against AFC North opponents, which includes a 9-2 mark over the last two seasons.\u00a0 The franchise is 10-2 during the regular season when playing inside Paul Brown Stadium, as it looks for its fifth consecutive win in the series.<\/p>\n

Cincinnati has dropped back-to-back contests against the Miami Dolphins and Cleveland Browns as a favorite, but the squad will now dress up as a home underdog for the first time this year.\u00a0 \u201cWe\u2019ve missed opportunities two weeks in a row against teams we believed we should have been good enough to beat,\u201d commented Bengals head coach Marvin Lewis.\u00a0 The Bengals biggest problem has been turnover differential, as they enter this week with a minus-seven in that particular category.\u00a0 Cincinnati is 3-3 ATS as a home underdog of three points or less since 2010.<\/p>\n

The Bengals have lost 10 of their 13 opportunities when playing on Sunday night, but only five of those contests have been played at home.\u00a0 Cincinnati has held Roethlisberger to a 87.9 passer rating in 17 meetings against him, but the team has tallied a disappointing 4-13 record in that situation.\u00a0 Second-year signal-caller Andy Dalton will try to improve on his numbers from a year ago in this series, as he completed 26-of-54 passes for 305 yards, while throwing three touchdowns and two interceptions.<\/p>\n

Sports bettors will likely back the Steelers due to their 9-1 ATS mark following a straight-up loss, while the Bengals are 0-6-2 ATS versus AFC North opponents.<\/p>\n

Don\u2019t miss out on a winning season and let the NFL handicappers at Maddux Sports line your pockets with cash.\u00a0 Long term packages are available now!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Pittsburgh Steelers at Cincinnati Bengals Sunday, 10\/21\/12, 8:20 PM EST, TV:\u00a0 NBC Opening Point Spread:\u00a0 Pittsburgh -1.5 Current Betting Line:\u00a0 Pittsburgh -1 Opening Total:\u00a0 45.5 Current Total:\u00a0 45.5 Odds Courtesy of Bookmaker Pittsburgh has alternated wins and losses in its first five games this year, as it looks to bounce back from a disappointing 26-23 […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":181,"featured_media":4304,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1444,132],"tags":[2583,3386,349,302,5727,346],"class_list":["post-25615","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-headlines","category-nfl-handicapping","tag-afc-north","tag-andy-dalton","tag-ben-roethlisberger","tag-cincinnati-bengals","tag-paul-brown-stadium","tag-pittsburgh-steelers"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25615","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/181"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=25615"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25615\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":25617,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25615\/revisions\/25617"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4304"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=25615"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=25615"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=25615"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}