The Bengals aren’t looking to re-write history in Saturday night’s Wild Card Game (8:15-Cincinnati’s Channel 12) at Paul Brown Stadium. Instead, the 12-4 AFC North champs are looking to defy it when their backup quarterback, AJ McCarron, challenges future Hall-of-Famer Ben Roethlisberger and his 10-6 Steelers.
Not in 36 years has a quarterback with as few as three NFL starts won a play-off game. But after taking everything into consideration, from the rain and to the pain of the loss of quarterback Andy Dalton, the Bengals.com Media Roundtable gives the Bengals the slight edge because of defense.