*Week 2: Bengals @ Steelers Prediction Thread *

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Success against Pittsburgh this week depends on two people; no, not Andy Dalton and AJ Green. I'm talking about two other people, namely Paul Alexander and Russell Bodine. Suffice it to say, the offensive line of any football team is only as good as its center and right now we have an issue in Cincinnati at that position. It's like a domino effect where if the center isn't on his game, the entire offensive line becomes weak all the way to the edges. Russell Bodine is better than either Eric Ghiaciuc or Kyle Cook because he has shown flashes of brilliance from time to time while those other two never did. Against the Steelers the offensive line has a different job than usual because Pittsburgh uses their defensive line to tie up blockers while their linebackers make plays against the run. This means the offensive line needs to get their primary blocks tied up fast and look for a second level block as fast as possible.