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3 Steelers X-factors for Sunday match-up against Cincinnati

According to the NY Times, the Steelers still have a 36% chance to make the playoffs; in order to do so, they must first win on Sunday.

They head to Cincinnati to play the winless Bengals, in which seems like every game is a super bowl for them; attempting to avoid being the third team to go 0-16 in NFL history. The Bengals rank near the bottom in every major statistical category, setting up for a big bounce-back game after an embarrassing showing on national television last week.

Defensively, the Bengals currently rank 32nd in yards allowed per game (425), 32nd in rushing yards allowed per game (167), 24th in passing yards allowed per game (258), and 28th in points allowed per game (27.