Will The Weather Help Us?

[Shake n Blake]

(01-05-2016, 07:18 PM)BFritz21 Wrote: It's supposed to rain here in Cincinnati on Saturday night with a 90% chance, but weather here is so unpredictable that it's hardly a certainty.

But we're supposed to get a half inch Saturday night with winds between 10 and 15 mph, which here's a small sample of 12 mph win, which would be around the median.

If the rain and wind takes away their away their deep passing game and even limits their medium-range passing game, I think it heavily swings things in our favor because they could be down to their 3rd string running back or a hobbled 2nd stringer.

Our defense does a good job of that on their own. Roethlisberger has averaged a paltry 6.48 YPA against the Bengals this year. High completion %, but it's almost all short stuff. People worry so much about the Steelers offense, but our D did a great job against them in both games. In game 1, we held them to 10 points and picked off Ben 3 times.

In the 2nd game, people look at how they scored 33 points, but that's pretty deceptive. The Steelers scored 2 TDs directly off of McCarron INTs. One pick 6 and the other set the Steelers up at our 14 yard line. Take away those 2 scores and our D only gave up 19 points while holding Ben to all short throws, no TDs plus a pick. DeAngelo Williams punched in 2 TDs, so hopefully he doesn't play.

If our D plays the way it's capable of, I think McCarron can do just enough to win. I'd hit them with Hill (running behind Fisher) early and often though.