Three Things The Bengals Need To Do To Beat The Jets

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Published: January 8, 2010

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... you are officially old.

Cincinnati defeated the Houston Oilers—yes, the Oilers—44-14 in the opening round of the playoffs on Jan. 6, 1991. The next week, the Bengals lost to the Los Angeles Raiders —yes, Los Angeles—20-10 in the infamous "Bo Jackson" game.

The Bengals have been to the playoffs only once since, losing to Pittsburgh in 2005, and on Saturday, they will try to finally get that playoff monkey off their back once and for all.

It won’t be easy. The New York Jets hammered Cincinnati 37-0 in the regular season finale only five days ago. While the Bengals were not motivated, the game showed that Cincy will have to be on the top of their game if they want to advance.

Here are three things Cincinnati will need to do if they want to beat the Jets:

1. Cut down on the penalties. Never mind a passing game that comes and goes; it is penalties that have been the Bengals’ biggest problem in the 2009 season. And not just...

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