The Texans have been Scrooge, The Grinch, and Mr. Potter all rolled into one when it comes to spoiling the Bengals in the Green-Dalton Era. Now in Saturday night’s Christmas Eve game in Houston (8:25-Cincinnati’s Channel 12, NFL Network), the 5-8-1 Bengals would love to leave a lump of coal for an 8-6 Texans team locked in a first-place struggle with 8-6 Tennessee.
In a high-level meeting at the Bailey Building and Loan, the Bengals.com Media Roundtable doesn’t see the Bengals getting their wings and for the second straight week shuts them out like it’s the fourth quarter.