***MNF IN THE SWAMP - HOU @ CIN***

***HOUSTON TEXANS @ CINCINATTI BENGALS***

The undefeated Bengals are once again on the Prime Time stage facing a lowly Houston Texans team off of a bye week and looking to stay alive in the AFC South title race. Sadly, the AFC South is looking like last year's NFC South where none of the teams seem to be playoff caliber thus far but one will make it by default. The Texans still have hope alive to steal the crown with Colt's QB Andrew Luck looking to be sidelined for a while but I don't think Houston has what it takes to make a run this season. I mean let me just be upfront about it, this team is simply a BAD team. I really do like their Head Coach Bill O'Brien too but they just are lacking pieces in too many places, especially their secondary and tonight they go up against a Red Hot (no pun intended) Bengal QB Andy Dalton. Cincinatti have been lights out this year while on a personal quest to prove to the NFL world that they are in fact the real deal and make all their naysayers eat crow. They are probably the healthiest team in the NFL, which makes them extremely dangerous. I have to admit that QB Andy Dalton looks completely different from the past couple of seasons and is playing with a complete sense of confidence that he seemed to of lacked in past seasons. He is straight up dripping swagu' this year and attributes this new persona to his new hairstyle, or maybe he sold his soul to the man down under. Either way the dude has had a Jack Nicholson-Joker-esque type of smile going on from ear to ear all season and I don't see it getting wiped off his face here in this game tonight by any stretch of the imagination. Despite the fact that arguably the league's best defensive player DE JJ Watt will be on the otherside of the ball looking to surely end Dalton's life tonight, I think Andy boy has little problem slinging it to all of his many, many weapons against this defense tonight. All of the WRs at his disposal are big and fast which makes for a deadly combo, his TE Tyler Eifert is looking like a baby version of Gronkowski, and along with the RB tandem of HIll and Bernard, there is simply way to much firepower for any defense to handle let alone one with as many holes as Houston has. Do I think Houston plays inspired football tonight? Absolutely. I believe they show up and give maximum effort and maybe even hang around for the first half or three quarters but their offense will struggle against a jacked up Bengal defense who is extremely talented and I believe will use tonight as a chance to pad their stats on the Prime Time stage. It is a shame the Texans weren't starting Hoyer at QB the entire time. In my eyes he was the obvious choice since day 1 given their alternative. I like him as a solid game manager but he just simply doesn't have anywhere near the amount of talent surrounding him that is needed for him to succeed. The Bengals defensive front is stacked with talent and they will be buzzing by Hoyers face all night and getting in those thumps to pressure him into some bad decisions and big turnovers. The Texans have zero running game to help him out without their prized RB Arian Foster, and WR DeAndre Hopkins is definitely special but I got to believe Cincy will have him smothered in this one. Swampy foresees this game painting the picture that Cincy is a complete team to be wreckoned with as they head into Week 11 to face the Cardinals in Arizona on SNF. That all being said Swamper thinks WhoDey Nation will get to 9-0 tonight behind their defense putting on a big time performance and the Red Rifle getting rid of the ball quick and spreading the love around to all his buddies, making it impossible for Houston to stop. BENGALS -10