NFL: Cincinnati Bengals vs Denver Broncos matchup analysis

This will be a very important game for both teams, for the Bengals they need to win to clinch a playoffs spot and maybe advance in the the playoffs rank, for the Broncos a win would let them skip the 1st round and it would also keep them alive for the 1st seed race.

After few weeks of struggling i guess Peyton Manning will return to play on his standards against a Bengals defense who will need to be aware of both passing and running game due to the explosion of RB CJ Anderson who is providing great numbers since he gor the starting role. On defense they just need to put pressure on Dalton and possibly double cover AJ Green then let Knighton take away the inside runs of Hill to shut down a poor overall offense in my opinion.

The Bengals front 7 must produce pressure without blitzes because for their CB will be impossible to cover all the receivers that the Broncos have, on the secondary i would try sometimes to anticipate the back shoulder catch to try to produce points even with the defense but there is the huge risk to allow big plays but i think is a risk that the Bengals have to take in this game. On offense Dalton must play a way better than his standards and to do that avoid to throw interceptions as he recently has done, he also needs to target more other receivers than Green involving more the TEs in his passing game due to the very bad Broncos LBs in coverage and also let Hill run the ball even if he won't get so many yards but it will be important to estabilish

the play action game that should help them.
Role by Role who has the edge?

QB: DEN
RB: TIE
WR: DEN
TE: DEN
O-LINE: DEN
D-LINE: TIE
LB: CIN
CB: DEN
S: CIN
ST: CIN

My prediction for the final result is: Bengals 18 Broncos 34 with Peyton Manning as the MVP and the Bengals entire front 7 as the X factor of the game who could change the result