[1:00 PM] Bills @ Bengals

Who will WIN this matchup?

Buffalo Bills (4-5)

@ Cincinnati Bengals (3-5)

 

• The line for this game is Bengals by 2.5 points.

• The Buffalo Bills look to end a pair of losing streaks and get back into the wild-card race in the AFC when they visit the equally troubled Cincinnati Bengals on Sunday. Buffalo has lost its last three meetings with Cincinnati as well as its last three contests overall, which has dropped it to third place in the AFC East.

• Tyrod Taylor leads all NFL quarterbacks with 362 yards on the ground and is the only signal-caller with at least 4,500 yards passing (4,804) and 900 rushing (930) since the start of 2015. Linebacker Lorenzo Alexander is tied for the league lead with 10 sacks while wide receiver Marquise Goodwin ranks fifth with an average of 18.8 yards per catch. The Bills are 16-11 in games following their bye week, but Rex Ryan is just 2-6 in such contests during his career as a head coach.

• Linebacker Rey Maualuga (fibula) also was a full participant in practice on Thursday after missing Monday’s loss to the New York Giants. A run specialist, he would be a welcome addition to the lineup on Sunday as Buffalo ranks second in the league in rushing offense (155 yards). Jeremy Hill has scored three touchdowns on the ground in as many games and ranks second in the league since 2014 with 26 rushing scores.

• The Bills have scored at least 25 points in each game during their three-game slide, tying them with this year’s Green Bay team for the longest such losing streak in NFL history.

• Cincinnati WR A.J. Green is second in the NFL with 964 receiving yards and third with 66 catches.

• Buffalo signed James Ihedigbo, who last played with Detroit in 2015, and released fellow S Duke Williams.

 

StreakSmarts Pick: Cincinnati Bengals

Confidence: 5/10

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