1. When these teams met Dec. 11 in Cincinnati, the Bengals limited Arian Foster and Ben Tate to a combined 108 yards on 23 carries. They will need to do the same again today.
2. With a pair of rookie quarterbacks in Houston’s T.J. Yates and Cincinnati’s Andy Dalton, this game could come down to whichever inexperienced signal caller is pressured into making a critical mistake.
3. Receivers Andre Johnson of the Texans and A.J. Green of the Bengals both could provide the difference if they¹re able to make one huge play.