Cincinnati Bengals tight end Tyler Eifert (#85) and quarterback Andy Dalton (#14). (Photo : Getty Images)
The Houston Texans (3-5) will be in for a fight as they battle the unbeaten Cincinnati Bengals (8-0) at the Paul Brown Stadium for a Monday Night Football Week 10 affair as the 2015 NFL season moves along.
Houston is coming from a bye week after crushing the Tennessee Titans in Week 8 at their home field of NRG Stadium, 20-6, as reported by ESPN.
Quarterback Brian Hoyer led the way for the Texans with two touchdowns as they took advantage of the absence of Tennessee's super rookie Marcus Mariota due to a knee injury.
Meanwhile, the Bengals are still looking sharp as they annihilated the Cleveland Browns, 31-10, at the home stadium on November 5th for a midweek matchup, via SB Nation.
Cincinnati pulled off the first ever 8-0 start in franchise history as quarterback Andy Dalton and tight end Tyler Eifert worked together for three touchdowns en route to the lopsided win.
There is no stopping the Bengals right now as even the vaunted Texans defense led by defensive end J.J. Watt seems insufficient against Dalton's superb passing game. The key, however, is the underrated Cincinnati defense, who is fifth best in the entire league as of the moment, allowing only 17.8 points per game this season.
Prediction: Bengals win, 28-10.
Houston Texans starting lineup
Offense: Hoyer (QB), Blue (RB), Prosch (FB), Hopkins (WR1), Mumphery (WR2), Fiedorowicz (TE), D. Brown (LT), Aboushi (LG), Jones (C), Brooks (RG), Newton (RT)
Defense: Watt (DE), Wilfork (NT), Crick (DE), Mercilus (OLB), Cushing (ILB), Bullough (ILB), K. Brown (OLB), Johnson (CB1), Joseph (CB2), Hal (SS), Moore (FS)
Cincinnati Bengals starting lineup
Offense: Dalton (QB), Hill (RB), Hewitt (FB), Green (WR1), Jones (WR2), Eifert (TE), Whitworth (LT), Boling (LG), Bodine (C), Zeitler (RG), Winston (RT)
Defense: Dunlap (DE), Peko (DT), Atkins (DT), Johnson (DE), Burfict (OLB), Hawk (MLB), Rey (OLB), Kirkpatrick (CB1), Jones (CB2), Iloka (SS), Nelson (FS)
