The Cincinnati Bengals will be competing against the Texans in the nfl playoffs. The Cincinnati Bengals will travel to Reliant Stadium in Houston for the game. Cincinnati ended their season with a record of 9-7 and arrived at the playoffs this season as a wild card in the AFC North division. Houston ended with a record of 10-6 and came out ahead as the leading team in the AFC South this season.

Super Bowl betting

With the Texans having significant injuries to quarterbacks Matt Schaub and Matt Leinart and the Cincinnati Bengals losing each and every game against playoff quality squads, both squads have still had their fair share of challenges this season. Both quarterbacks were lost for the season with their injuries and rookie T.J. Yates has taken control. Houston has also seen key injuries to linebacker Mario Williams as well as wide receiver Andre Johnson. The two squads have already faced one another in the course of the regular season and the Texans made a last effort comeback try with a game winning touchdown pass caught by wide receiver Kevin Walters with just a few seconds left on the clock.

Football odds

The Cincinnati Bengals are going to have to try and stay with what has worked for them this year which has been their impressive run game with running backs Cedric Benson and Bernard Scott. If they can make this happen they may have the advantage and at last beat a playoff team and advance past the first round for the first time in just over twenty years.

This will probably be a near one and could boil down to the wire yet again. The Texans are minor favorites despite several injuries to plenty of essential superstar players. The over/under for total in total points for this specific game is 38. The line is established with the Texans as 3 point favorites at their home turf to the long shot Cincinnati Bengals.