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| All Games | 3-1 | +1.5 | 3-2 | 2-3 | 26.8 | 12.8 | 397.0 | (6.4) | 1.2 | 22.6 | 6.6 | 398.2 | (5.4) | 1.6 | | Road Games | 1-1 | -0.5 | 1-1 | 1-1 | 20.0 | 9.0 | 350.0 | (6.3) | 1.5 | 29.5 | 10.0 | 462.5 | (5.7) | 1.0 | | Last 3 Games | 1-1 | -0.5 | 1-2 | 2-1 | 29.0 | 13.0 | 377.7 | (6.4) | 2.0 | 29.0 | 10.0 | 420.7 | (5.7) | 1.0 |
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| Offense (All Games) | 26.8 | 12.8 | 21.6 | 29:45 | 30-127 | (4.2) | 22-32 | 68.1% | 270 | (8.4) | 62-397 | (6.4) | (14.8) | | Opponents Defensive Avg. | 23.6 | 10.3 | 22 | 31:21 | 29-125 | (4.4) | 23-35 | 64.5% | 251 | (7.1) | 64-376 | (5.9) | (15.9) | | Offense Road Games | 20.0 | 9.0 | 16.5 | 25:47 | 22-79 | (3.6) | 21-33 | 64.2% | 271 | (8.1) | 55-350 | (6.3) | (17.5) | | Defense (All Games) | 22.6 | 6.6 | 25.2 | 33:15 | 29-141 | (4.8) | 26-44 | 57.9% | 257 | (5.8) | 74-398 | (5.4) | (17.6) | | Opponents Offensive Avg. | 24.4 | 11.9 | 20.8 | 29:12 | 26-108 | (4.2) | 23-36 | 62.4% | 256 | (7.1) | 62-365 | (5.9) | (14.9) | | Defense Road Games | 29.5 | 10.0 | 28.0 | 34:13 | 33-155 | (4.7) | 29-48 | 59.8% | 307 | (6.3) | 81-462 | (5.7) | (15.7) |
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| Stats For (All Games) | 0.6 | 0.6 | 1.2 | 0.4 | 12-5 | 38.3% | 0-0 | 0.0% | 2-63 | (28.5) | 1-25 | (20.7) | 7-61 | | Opponents Avg. Stats Against | 0.9 | 0.8 | 1.7 | 1.5 | 13-6 | 45.4% | 1-0 | 33.6% | 2-46 | (24.4) | 18-2 | (9.6) | 7-57 | | Stats For (Road Games) | 0.0 | 1.5 | 1.5 | -0.5 | 10-2 | 19.0% | 0-0 | 0.0% | 3-70 | (20.1) | 1-49 | (32.7) | 4-41 | | Stats Against (All Games) | 1.4 | 0.2 | 1.6 | | 15-5 | 36.5% | 2-1 | 66.7% | 3-87 | (25.5) | 2-5 | (3.4) | 8-72 | | Opponents Avg. Stats For | 0.4 | 0.6 | 1 | | 13-5 | 40.8% | 1-0 | 46.6% | 2-43 | (22.9) | 17-2 | (9.6) | 7-64 | | Stats Against (Road Games) | 0.5 | 0.5 | 1.0 | | 16-7 | 42.4% | 1-1 | 66.7% | 2-62 | (25) | 2-7 | (2.8) | 7-71 |
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| All Games | 4-2 | +1.5 | 5-1 | 5-1 | 31.5 | 17.8 | 442.3 | (5.9) | 1.8 | 22.7 | 9.5 | 340.5 | (6.2) | 2.0 | | Home Games | 2-1 | +0.5 | 2-1 | 2-1 | 29.3 | 14.3 | 420.3 | (5.4) | 2.3 | 20.0 | 6.3 | 335.3 | (6.2) | 2.3 | | Last 3 Games | 3-0 | +3 | 3-0 | 2-1 | 31.3 | 17.7 | 458.7 | (5.7) | 2.3 | 19.3 | 9.0 | 293.3 | (6.1) | 2.7 | | Dome Games | 2-1 | +0.5 | 2-1 | 2-1 | 29.3 | 14.3 | 420.3 | (5.4) | 2.3 | 20.0 | 6.3 | 335.3 | (6.2) | 2.3 |
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| Offense (All Games) | 31.5 | 17.8 | 26.7 | 36:28 | 31-114 | (3.6) | 29-44 | 65.9% | 329 | (7.5) | 75-442 | (5.9) | (14) | | Opponents Defensive Avg. | 22.5 | 11.1 | 22.1 | 32:56 | 28-110 | (4) | 24-38 | 62.7% | 263 | (6.8) | 66-374 | (5.6) | (16.6) | | Offense Home Games | 29.3 | 14.3 | 27.3 | 39:06 | 36-130 | (3.6) | 27-41 | 65.3% | 290 | (7) | 78-420 | (5.4) | (14.3) | | Defense (All Games) | 22.7 | 9.5 | 19.2 | 23:32 | 22-107 | (4.8) | 19-32 | 58.0% | 233 | (7.2) | 55-340 | (6.2) | (15) | | Opponents Offensive Avg. | 23.3 | 12.1 | 19.9 | 28:28 | 26-109 | (4.2) | 22-35 | 62.6% | 244 | (7) | 61-353 | (5.8) | (15.1) | | Defense Home Games | 20.0 | 6.3 | 18.3 | 20:54 | 20-101 | (5.1) | 19-34 | 55.3% | 235 | (6.8) | 54-335 | (6.2) | (16.8) |
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| Stats For (All Games) | 1.2 | 0.7 | 1.8 | 0.2 | 14-6 | 45.2% | 1-0 | 42.9% | 1-36 | (27.4) | 3-20 | (6.7) | 7-64 | | Opponents Avg. Stats Against | 0.7 | 0.7 | 1.4 | 1.7 | 14-6 | 40.6% | 1-0 | 31.1% | 2-42 | (24) | 19-3 | (7.6) | 7-56 | | Stats For (Home Games) | 1.3 | 1.0 | 2.3 | 0.0 | 14-6 | 43.9% | 1-0 | 50.0% | 2-47 | (28) | 4-22 | (5.9) | 7-80 | | Stats Against (All Games) | 1.0 | 1.0 | 2.0 | | 11-3 | 29.7% | 1-0 | 25.0% | 1-16 | (24.5) | 1-6 | (4) | 6-57 | | Opponents Avg. Stats For | 0.8 | 0.6 | 1.4 | | 13-5 | 39.3% | 1-0 | 38.0% | 2-42 | (25.7) | 17-2 | (8.5) | 6-55 | | Stats Against (Home Games) | 1.3 | 1.0 | 2.3 | | 11-2 | 21.9% | 1-0 | 33.3% | 1-24 | (24) | 2-11 | (5.3) | 7-65 |
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| 9/7/2014 | @ BALTIMORE | 23-16 | W | 1 | W | 43.5 | U | 26-79 | 25-38-301 | 0 | 20-91 | 35-62-329 | 2 | | 9/14/2014 | ATLANTA | 24-10 | W | -6 | W | 49 | U | 45-170 | 16-24-302 | 0 | 19-97 | 24-44-212 | 3 | | 9/21/2014 | TENNESSEE | 33-7 | W | -6 | W | 45 | U | 31-116 | 17-26-184 | 1 | 28-149 | 17-34-177 | 2 | | 10/5/2014 | @ NEW ENGLAND | 17-43 | L | -3 | L | 46 | O | 18-79 | 18-29-241 | 3 | 46-220 | 23-35-285 | 0 | | 10/12/2014 | CAROLINA | 37-37 | T | -7 | L | 44 | O | 31-193 | 33-43-320 | 2 | 34-147 | 29-46-284 | 1 | | 10/19/2014 | @ INDIANAPOLIS | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 10/26/2014 | BALTIMORE | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 11/2/2014 | JACKSONVILLE | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 11/6/2014 | CLEVELAND | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 11/16/2014 | @ NEW ORLEANS | | | | | | | | | | | | |
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| 9/7/2014 | @ DENVER | 24-31 | L | 8 | W | 53.5 | O | 14-54 | 35-53-354 | 2 | 32-102 | 22-36-259 | 0 | | 9/15/2014 | PHILADELPHIA | 27-30 | L | -3 | L | 53.5 | O | 38-169 | 20-34-172 | 2 | 28-127 | 21-37-331 | 1 | | 9/21/2014 | @ JACKSONVILLE | 44-17 | W | -5.5 | W | 45.5 | O | 29-144 | 33-43-385 | 0 | 20-105 | 18-31-239 | 3 | | 9/28/2014 | TENNESSEE | 41-17 | W | -7 | W | 46 | O | 41-105 | 29-41-393 | 1 | 16-85 | 14-28-176 | 3 | | 10/5/2014 | BALTIMORE | 20-13 | W | -2.5 | W | 49 | U | 30-117 | 32-49-305 | 4 | 15-90 | 22-38-197 | 3 | | 10/9/2014 | @ HOUSTON | 33-28 | W | -2.5 | W | 45.5 | O | 35-93 | 25-44-363 | 2 | 24-136 | 15-23-196 | 2 | | 10/19/2014 | CINCINNATI | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 10/26/2014 | @ PITTSBURGH | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 11/3/2014 | @ NY GIANTS | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 11/16/2014 | NEW ENGLAND | | | | | | | | | | | | |
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| |  | CINCINNATI: New offensive coordinator Hue Jackson has always leaned heavily on the power running game, and that figures to be the game plan this year. Jackson utilizes a lot of gap blocking, which should allow feature back Giovani Bernard to use his creativity as a runner. Rookie Jeremy Hill will likely push BenJarvus Green-Ellis down the depth chart. Jackson has historically kept the ground game going down near the goal line, and it appears as if Hill will be his top goal-line option. It wouldn't be a surprise if Bernard and Green-Ellis got some action down there too. Jackson also uses a lot of creative, gadget plays to attack the perimeter, and Bernard should be able to take advantage.
Jackson has pledged support for the often-overwhelmed Andy Dalton, but this passing game is going to be scaled back. The potentially improved running game should open things up for downfield throws, and Dalton's willingness to throw deep into traffic is essentially his only strength. A.J. Green will continue to do most of his work downfield on the perimeter, with Marvin Jones playing an expanded and similar role on the other side of the field. They'll go two tight ends often, with Tyler Eifert seen as a bigger catch-and-run threat than Jermaine Gresham, and Bernard being used frequently in the screen game. Green and Jones will be the primary red-zone targets when they throw, as both have the athleticism to win the jump ball.
The Bengals lost defensive coordinator Mike Zimmer to Minnesota, but new DC Paul Guenther, promoted from linebackers coach, won't change much from an attacking unit that placed among the top-five defenses in points, yards and turnovers in 2013. FS Danieal Manning and rookie CB Darqueze Dennard are nice additions. | | INDIANAPOLIS: Offensive coordinator Pep Hamilton's ground-and-pound power running game never got going last year, due in part to an offensive line in flux but mostly due to the atrociousness of Trent Richardson. It's a gap-blocking scheme that suits Richardson's skill set, and the third-year back may just need more time in the offense. The Colts get more run-heavy as they approach the goal line, and they had little success inside the opponent's 10 last year. Richardson will likely have a monster workload, especially from in close. Ahmad Bradshaw and Vick Ballard are both coming off major injuries as they battle for the No. 2 job. Bradshaw's receiving skills could give him an edge.
Hamilton and Andrew Luck are still finding their way in this offense, as they face a lot of third-and-longs early in games and often end up doing most throwing in comeback efforts. They'll move Reggie Wayne, T.Y. Hilton and tight end Dwayne Allen around in formations to create mismatches, especially with Allen spending time in the backfield and flexed out. Coming off an up-and-down year as the primary TE, Coby Fleener will likely go back to stretching the seam now that Allen is healthy. Hakeem Nicks will stretch the field on the perimeter while Donte Moncrief serves as his understudy. Fleener was targeted most often when they threw in the red zone last season, but it could be Allen that receives those targets in 2014. Nicks could be in for a big red-zone role this season.
The Colts made great strides last year, and could again finish among the top-10 scoring defenses due to having the NFL's easiest schedule. It also helps to have outside linebacker Robert Mathis who led the NFL with 19.5 sacks. New DL Arthur Jones and LB D'Qwell Jackson will help, but losing safety Antoine Bethea hurts. |
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(UPDATES 14th graf with Bengals WR Green doubtful and unlikely to play.)
*Bengals-Colts Preview* =======================
By JACK CASSIDY STATS Writer
After a hot start, the Cincinnati Bengals' season has not come off the rails. It has definitely hit a snag.
The Indianapolis Colts are trending in the opposite direction.
The Colts seek their longest winning streak of the Andrew Luck era as they host the Bengals on Sunday in a matchup of AFC division leaders.
Cincinnati (3-1-1) was the conference's only unbeaten team following its Week 4 bye, but then was embarrassed in a 43-17 loss to New England and took part in the first tie of the NFL season last Sunday - 37-37 with Carolina.
Mike Nugent rushed his 36-yard field goal try as overtime ended against the Panthers, pushing wide right what he called "the worst ball I've ever hit in my career."
Spirits were higher a few weeks ago in Cincinnati, which still leads the AFC North. Coach Marvin Lewis refuses to bother himself with those memories.
"I can't look behind. It does no good looking back," Lewis said. "There's too much ahead to look back all the time, and there's too much change in the future to look back. You're wasting your time look backwards."
Indianapolis (4-2) certainly isn't doing so.
Since opening the season with consecutive losses, the Colts have won four straight to move atop the AFC South. They haven't had a longer win streak since opening 14-0 in 2009, Peyton Manning's second-to-last season under center.
Luck is putting up Peyton-like numbers in his third season, leading the NFL with 1,987 yards passing and 17 touchdowns - six shy of his career high. He threw for 370 yards and three TDs last Thursday as Indianapolis held off Houston 33-28.
Equally impressive has been the emergence of T.Y. Hilton, who ranks fourth in the NFL with 604 receiving yards and tied for fifth with 40 receptions. The third-year wideout already has 12 100-yard games in his career, and his 223-yard performance last Thursday was the second-highest in Colts history.
"He's playing at a high level," coach Chuck Pagano told the Colts' official website. "He's always played at a high level. I think from his rookie season, midway through his rookie season until now, he's been doing the same things.
"He's a playmaker, he's a game-wrecker."
A.J. Green serves the same role for Cincinnati, averaging 104.7 yards in the three full games he's played, but the star receiver sat out last week with an injured big toe and is likely to miss his second straight game after being unable to practice Friday.
The Bengals got another scare last week when Giovanni Bernard left with a shoulder injury, but he returned to finish with a career-high 137 rushing yards on 18 carries. That included an 89-yard touchdown run - second-longest in team history - and he ranks fifth in the NFL with 112.4 scrimmage yards per game.
Bernard had 138 total yards in last season's 42-28 victory over the Colts. Sunday will mark the teams' fourth meeting in five years.
"We know them so well," Pagano said. "It seems like we play them twice a year, every year. Really good football team. Well coached, a lot of athletes. They've built a big, long athletic roster on both sides of the football. They have playmakers all over the place."
Defensively, though, the Bengals have been struggling. They've allowed an average of 172.0 rushing yards in their last three games and 288.0 passing in the past two while forcing only one turnover and getting one sack.
"We really have to go back and just do our jobs on defense," Lewis said. "We're trying to do too much, and guys need to relax and do their thing, and keep doing your job consistently play after play after play."
The Cincinnati defense let Luck throw for 326 yards and four TDs last year. Andy Dalton had 275 yards passing with three scores, but one was to Green and one was to Marvin Jones, who was placed on season-ending injured reserve Tuesday.
Mohamed Sanu has stepped into the second receiver role with Jones on the shelf and was particularly good last week with Green out, hauling in 10 receptions for 120 yards and a touchdown.
The Bengals have won the past two meetings, but both were in Cincinnati, where they had won 11 straight games before last week's tie.
The Colts have won all six matchups in Indianapolis since 1997, but those all came with Manning playing and before Dalton came along.
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