The first of two AFC wild card games will start today as the Cincinnati Bengals travel to Houston to play against the Texans.
During the main season, the Bengals won 10 games but have garnered six losses. The Bengals 10-6 season ties them in the AFC North with the Baltimore Ravens, who have a separate wild card game on Sunday against the Indianapolis Colts on CBS.
The main season for the Texans saw them lead the AFC South with 12 wins and four losses, ahead of the Colts' 11 wins and five losses.
In comparing the two quarterbacks (QB) of the Bengals and Texans, Bengals QB Andy Dalton leads in the touchdown (TD) column over Texans QB Matt Schaub. Dalton has scored 27 TDs to Schaub's 22, but it's Schaub that has run the most yards with 4,008 to Dalton's 3,669, according to stats on NFL.com.
The bookies currently predict a close game but in favor of the Texans, however, their odds of securing a win has been drifting with over 20 booking companies such as bet365, Ladbrokes, Betfair, and Betdaq, to name a few
The fans on NFL.com discussed their views of this evening's game, with an influx with Bengals fans commanding the board:
Hctr Dlrsr: "Bengals will win it. With all these talents it will be impossible to loose such an important game. Go Bengals!"
Gerald Barnard: "To all Cincinnati fans-- I want you to win, but have you see Houston play this year? Houston will most likely win."
Sarah Pisano: "Bengals going to win I say if Texans win its an upset to me."
Jeff Inabnitt: "Bengals need to rest some of their players before they goto denver, this is great opportunity to do that, let green take this game off as well as ben jarvusgreen ellis. This game we be just like their bye week, so I say rest some ppl. Cincinnati 55 Houston 17."
Cody Brown: "MATT SCHAUB CHOKES WHEN IT COUNTS BENGALS 24 TEXANS 17."
John Baker: "Go Houston. Want to see you guys come back to New England for round 2."
Start Time: 4:30 p.m. EST on NBC.
Prediction: Although the Bengals have some impressive numbers in the season, the prediction is for the Texans to win.
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