{"id":26773,"date":"2012-12-20T20:48:42","date_gmt":"2012-12-21T01:48:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/?p=26773"},"modified":"2012-12-20T20:48:42","modified_gmt":"2012-12-21T01:48:42","slug":"cincinnati-bengals-vs-pittsburgh-steelers-nfl-week-16-betting-odds-and-picks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/cincinnati-bengals-vs-pittsburgh-steelers-nfl-week-16-betting-odds-and-picks-26773\/","title":{"rendered":"Cincinnati Bengals vs. Pittsburgh Steelers: NFL Week 16 Betting Odds and Picks"},"content":{"rendered":"

Cincinnati Bengals at Pittsburgh Steelers
\nSunday, 12\/23\/12, 1:00 PM EST, TV:\u00a0 CBS
\nOpening Point Spread:\u00a0 Pittsburgh -4
\nCurrent Betting Line:\u00a0 Pittsburgh -3
\nOpening Total:\u00a0 43
\nCurrent Total:\u00a0 41.5
\nOdds Courtesy of Bookmaker<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"Steelers<\/a>
The Pittsburgh Steelers have had the better of it over the Cincinnati Bengals in recent years<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Cincinnati is in position to clinch a spot in the playoffs with a victory in this contest, as the team has won five of its last six games, including a 34-13 blowout victory over the Philadelphia Eagles as 4.5-point road favorites in Week 15.\u00a0 \u201cWe\u2019re in control,\u201d commented Bengals head coach Marvin Lewis.\u00a0 \u201cThat\u2019s all you can ask for in December.\u201d \u00a0 The Bengals have cashed in on their opportunities inside the red zone over their last six games, scoring touchdowns on 17 of their 27 trips.\u00a0 Cincinnati is 0-3 ATS versus division opponents this year, which can\u2019t be ignored when making your NFL picks against the spread Sunday.<\/p>\n

The Bengals are hoping that quarterback Andy Dalton can finally figure out the Steel Curtain, as he\u2019s completed just 48.8 percent of his passes for four touchdowns and three interceptions in three career games in this series.\u00a0 Cincinnati\u2019s star wide receiver A.J. Green has been limited to nine catches for 131 yards in those contests, which are very important numbers to consider when looking over the pro football odds page.\u00a0 Lewis is 5-15 all-time versus the Steelers, including a 2-9 mark when matching up with Mike Tomlin.<\/p>\n

Pittsburgh has dropped four of its last five games and seems to be heading in the wrong direction, as it looks to bounce back from a 27-24 overtime loss to the Dallas Cowboys as one-point road underdogs, while going OVER the total in four consecutive contests.\u00a0 \u201cWe have no choice but to put it behind us,\u201d stated Steelers nose tackle Casey Hampton.\u00a0 \u201cWe control our own destiny.\u201d\u00a0 The Steelers are looking to sweep the season series in this rivalry for the eighth time since 2000, as they already came away with a 24-17 victory as one-point road favorites against the Bengals on Oct. 21.\u00a0 Pittsburgh is 18-19 ATS as a favorite the last two-plus seasons.<\/p>\n

The Steelers have yielded just 96 points in six home games this season, while they\u2019ve allowed an average of 15.5 points per game at Heinz Field since Dick Lebeau became the defensive coordinator.\u00a0 Pittsburgh owns the league\u2019s best home record since 1970, which includes a 69-24-1 mark at its current facility.<\/p>\n

Sports bettors will likely back the Bengals due to their 5-2 ATS mark on the road, while the Steelers are 2-7 ATS on a grass field this season.<\/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":"

Cincinnati Bengals at Pittsburgh Steelers Sunday, 12\/23\/12, 1:00 PM EST, TV:\u00a0 CBS Opening Point Spread:\u00a0 Pittsburgh -4 Current Betting Line:\u00a0 Pittsburgh -3 Opening Total:\u00a0 43 Current Total:\u00a0 41.5 Odds Courtesy of Bookmaker Cincinnati is in position to clinch a spot in the playoffs with a victory in this contest, as the team has won five […]<\/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":[5197,3386,302,3977,3737,31,346],"class_list":["post-26773","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-headlines","category-nfl-handicapping","tag-a-j-green","tag-andy-dalton","tag-cincinnati-bengals","tag-heinz-field","tag-mike-tomlin","tag-nfl","tag-pittsburgh-steelers"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26773","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=26773"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26773\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":26774,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26773\/revisions\/26774"}],"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=26773"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=26773"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=26773"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}