NFL Wild-Card Weekend: Jets Vs. Bengals | Preview & Predictions

January 6, 2010   ·   Jeff Smith   ·   Jump to comments

Wild-card Weekend
New York Jets  @ Cincinnati Bengals  (-3 )  Current Over/Under 34.5
Paul Brown Stadium, 4:30 PM ET on NBC
In a 4:30 P.M. start this Saturday, Jan. 9, the first game of the playoffs is actually a rematch of a week 17 clash between New York and Cincinnati. By virtue of their 37-0 win last week, the 9-7 Jets earned the No. 5 seed while 10-6 Cincinnati having already clinched the AFC North a few weeks back is the No. 4 seed.
If last week was any indication of how this game might go, it will be a long day for the Bengals. In that game, the Jets jumped all over the Bengals early and never let up. Granted there was nothing on the line for Cincinnati as their position in the playoffs was pretty much set; however, there has to be some concern that they were completely outplayed in every phase of the game.
It was so bad that Bengal QB Carson Palmer was held to zero yards passing as he completed just one out of 11 attempts and also threw an interce...

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