***PLAYOFF GameDay Thread- Steelers @ Bengals***

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Pittsburgh Steelers (10-6, 6th Seed)   vs.   Cincinnati Bengals (12-4, 3rd Seed)

AFC Wild Card Round

Saturday, January 9th, 8:15 PM on CBS

Paul Brown Stadium, Cincinnati, Oh

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How the Bengals can beat the Steelers to finally win a playoff game (Coley Harvey)

 
Playoffs, prime time and Pittsburgh. These are three things the Cincinnati Bengals simply haven't handled well in recent years.

But if they want to finally put an end to a playoff victory drought that has spanned 25 years, the Bengals must conquer all three Saturday night when they host the Pittsburgh Steelers in a wild-card-round playoff game under the lights. The 8:15 p.m. ET kickoff will be the Bengals' fifth in prime time this season. They won only one of the other four and dropped the other three by a combined 10 points.

Since Marvin Lewis became their head coach in 2003, the Bengals are 16-44 against the combination of playoffs, prime time and Pittsburgh (0-6 in the playoffs, 8-19 in prime-time games and 8-19 against Pittsburgh in the regular season). In seven nighttime games against the Steelers, the Bengals have just one win; a 2013 Monday night victory in Cincinnati.

How can the Bengals get prime-time win No. 2 against the Steelers? By having the following happen: Full Article