the teams that met at heinz ketchup ward field early in the season arent the same..........pittsburgh was dominating but had a couple blunders, one an ill advised lateral attempt by randel el on a big play to get them deep into new england territory........you cant give brady too many chances.....it cost them....new england lost their all world safety in the game
defense wins championships and New England's secondary is too weak to do it.....
The Bengals had their lunch handed to them by Pittsburgh at home and then won at heins ketchup ward field, but the main vairiable in the game was dinged....Rothlesberger................with Ben on the field healthy keeping the cincinnati O off the field giving the defense the breath it needs, pittsburgh will beat em 8/10 times
pittsburgh has the best defense going into the playoffs in the American Football Conference but it's a tall order coming from the wild card, but they can make a run and i doubt they'll lose to new england or cincinnati and IF they get past Indy (roth rushing back first game after surgery, evenly played still with 80yd touchdown pass to start the game and ill advised onsides kick to start the second half) they'll be tough in that 3rd straight road game......but they will have the better defense