10-10-2018, 02:06 PM
The issue with Pittsburgh has never been necessarily matchup or talent, but almost always mental. The Bengals consistently underperform/meltdown against this team. Based off of talent and matchups alone, we really should be around .500 since 2011 against Pittsburgh. But, as it has been well documented, we have 3 measly wins out of 14 matchups. That is insane!
My point here is that based off of recent history in this matchup, there is good reason to think we will lose this game, no matter what kind of players we have relative to the Steelers. I hope we win. I think we can win. But as we've seen, there is a very real possibility of a Marvin/Andy led team losing to the Steelers. This Sunday could be an exception, or maybe even start a reversal in the direction of this rivalry. But it is very logical to predict another loss to this team.
My point here is that based off of recent history in this matchup, there is good reason to think we will lose this game, no matter what kind of players we have relative to the Steelers. I hope we win. I think we can win. But as we've seen, there is a very real possibility of a Marvin/Andy led team losing to the Steelers. This Sunday could be an exception, or maybe even start a reversal in the direction of this rivalry. But it is very logical to predict another loss to this team.
