A ƙarƙashin manyan fitilu na wasan ƙwallon ƙafa na daren Alhamis, Cincinnati Bengals (2-4) za su fafata da Pittsburgh Steelers (4-1) a wani babban haɗin AFC North. Ƙwazo na iya yin yawa ga Steelers bayan da suka tashi daga Browns a makon da ya gabata, 23–9, yayin da Bengals ke kan rashin nasara sau 4 kuma watakila wannan shi ne damarsu ta ƙarshe don ceto kakar wasa.

Ga Pittsburgh, sake dawowar Aaron Rodgers ya canza tsarin tawagar gaba ɗaya. Babban ɗan wasan da aka shigar a Hall of Fame mai shekaru 40 ya jefa kwallon yadi 235 da taƙama takwas a makon da ya gabata, yana sarrafa tsarin wasa cikin dabara da kwanciyar hankali. A ƙarƙashin Mike Tomlin, mun ga wata irin dabara mai ban tsoro a makon da ya gabata, inda suka samu nasarar dakatar da dan wasan sau 6 tare da kwace kwallon sau 2. A gefe guda kuma, Joe Flacco da Bengals na Bengals suna ci gaba da neman tsarin wasa. Tsohon dan wasan kwallon kafa ya bayyana kamar ya sake dawowa kamar yadda ya yi a wasansa na Super Bowl, inda ya jefa kwallon yadi 219 da taƙama takwas a kan Packers a wasansa na farko. Yanzu a gida a filin wasa na Paycor, yana da babban gwaji don ci gaba da damar Bengals na zuwa gasar cin kofin zakarun Turai a kan ɗaya daga cikin manyan abokan hamayyarsu. 

Wannan rarrabuwa ta -5.5 ita ce babbar faɗar Steelers, don haka kasuwannin yin caca suna tsammanin Steelers za su yi nasara. Duk da haka, wata layin da ya kamata a sani shi ne cewa ƙungiyoyin Mike Tomlin sun sanar da lalacewa a waje a matsayin waɗanda aka fi so, musamman a kan abokin hamayya na gida.

Gargaɗi game da Al'ada: Tomlin a matsayin abokin hamayya na waje yana da 35–42–1 ATS, tare da Steelers kawai sun rufe sau biyu duk shekara har yanzu. A gefe guda kuma, mun ga Bengals sun rufe +14.5 a kan Packers a makon da ya gabata, wanda ya nuna darajarsu a yin caca da sake.

Ra'ayinmu game da Yin Caca: Bengals +5.5. Tsarin wasan Bengals ya bayyana yana samun ci gaba tare da Flacco yana jagoranta, yayin da tsaron Pittsburgh ke da ban sha'awa fiye da tasiri (na 20 a ƙimar nasarar tsaron). Ya kamata wannan ya zama wasa mafi kusa fiye da layin da aka nuna.

Wa zai iya faɗi cewa Joe Flacco zai zama mai ceton Bengals a 2025? Flacco ya dawo. Flacco yana ci gaba da samun ci gaba. Kuma Flacco yana ƙoƙarin jagorantar Bengals a wannan lokacin mai wahala a wasan ƙwallon ƙafa na daren Alhamis. Wasan sa na farko ya tafi daidai ba tare da kurakurai ba, ya yi nasarar jefa kwallon 67% kuma ya kafa haɗin gwiwa nan da nan da Ja’Marr Chase, wanda ya samu ragamar kwallon 10 don yadi 94 da taƙama taƙama.

Wannan haɗin gwiwa shine makamin da zai kai hari ga tsohon rukuni na Steelers. Yayin da har yanzu suna da wasu masu gudu masu hazaka a tsaron su, Steelers sun ba da babbar damar yin wasa ga masu karɓa na gaba, kuma idan Chase zai iya samun sarari don samun ci gaba, zai iya lalata dukkan tsaron Pittsburgh. Wannan wasa da wannan lokaci na nufin fiye da rarrabuwa. Wannan ita ce kawai damar Cincinnati a gidan talabijin, kuma Bengals za su sami magoya baya masu ruri da tsawa tare da motsin rai. Ga ƙungiyar Zac Taylor, wannan ya fi ƙarfin wasa mai ƙwazo; yana da damar sanya wani imani a cikin ƙungiyar, da kuma dakatar da sukar da ke hana ci gaba, da kuma ƙarfafa su don ci gaba da burin wasan gasar.

A wannan shekara a NFL, 'yan labaru kaɗan ne suka ja hankali kamar sake dawowar Aaron Rodgers a baƙi da zinari. Bayan shiga Steelers, ya sake rayuwa wata kungiyar da ta kasance ba ta motsi tsawon shekaru. Kasancewarsa ta canza wani matashi, ƙwararren rukuni na 'yan wasa zuwa mai ba da shawara na gaske. Kuma ba kawai tsarin wasan ba ne ke haifar da rudani. Tsaron Steelers na da wani kwararre mai tasiri a T.J. Watt da Minkah Fitzpatrick, kuma suna ci gaba da damun masu buga kwallon da ke adawa. Dakatarwar 'yan wasan kwallon kafa guda 6 a kan Cleveland a makon da ya gabata ya nuna hakan.

Amma lambobi sun nuna wani labari daban:

Wannan yana nufin cewa duk da cewa Pittsburgh na da abin da zai yi alfahari da shi tare da wasan da aka buga da kuma kwace kwallo, ana iya samun su a kan ƙungiyoyin da aka horar da su da kuma inganci. Haka nan, idan Cincinnati za ta iya tsare Flacco kuma ta guje wa matsaloli, wannan na iya kasancewa har zuwa ƙarshe.

Wannan hamayya ta kasance tana nuna ainihin abin da ke cikin AFC North tare da jiki, motsin rai, kuma galibi ba a iya faɗi. Pittsburgh tana jagorantar jerin gwanon duka da jimlar 71-40, amma Bengals sun iya rage gibin.

Kada ku manta da wasan 2020 lokacin da Bengals suka kasance masu karɓar 14.5-point kuma suka yi nasara a kan Pittsburgh 27–17 a wasan daren Alhamis.

Duk da cewa jama'a galibi suna yin caca a kan Pittsburgh, kuɗin masu hankali suna yin caca a kan Bengals +5.5, suna tsammanin wata hamayya ta AFC North mai tsauri.

Ja'Marr Chase yana ɗaya daga cikin masu karɓar ragamar kwallon da suka fi kisa a gasar, kuma zai fuskanci tsohon dan wasan tsaron gida Jalen Ramsey, wanda duk da cewa ya yi jinkiri kadan fiye da yadda ya kasance a baya, har yanzu yana iya kulle masu hazaka. Flacco na da ikon jefa kwallon nesa, don haka wannan haɗin kai na iya yanke hukunci a wasan; idan Chase ya samu damar fita daga hanya, zai iya bude babbar nasara ga Bengals, kuma idan Ramsey ya yi tasiri, hakan na iya haifar da wata kwace mai tsafta. 

Dukkanin kungiyoyin biyu suna samun makin sama da 44 a kowace wasa, don haka a yi tsammanin wani wasa mai ban sha'awa. Tsaron Bengals na matsayi na 28 a EPA/wasa, kuma Pittsburgh na samun maki kusan 24 a kowace wasa, wani bangare saboda Rodgers yana da tasiri.

An Tsinkaye Jimillar: sama da 42.5 maki.

Yi tsammanin saurin ci gaba na tsarin wasa inda Rodgers ke rarraba kwallon da sauri, Flacco yana gwada tsaron nesa, kuma dukkan masu bugun ƙwallon ƙafa suna samun damar yin wasa.

Yayin da Mike Tomlin yana ɗaya daga cikin masu hankali da aka fi mutuntawa a wasan ƙwallon ƙafa, Zac Taylor yana jin zafi. Idan Bengals suka yi rashin nasara, hakan zai zama rashin nasara ta 5 wanda zai iya fitar da su daga tsarin gasar kuma ya tayar da manyan tambayoyi game da jagoranci da alkibla. Wannan na iya zama wasa na ci gaba ko kuma karyewa ga Taylor, kuma 'yan wasan sun san hakan. Yi tsammanin Bengals za su sami tsarin wasa mai motsawa da ƙwazo don mamaye ƙungiyar da ke jagorantar rukunin.

Pittsburgh tana samun fa'ida tare da bayanan tsari, amma ma'aunin inganci da alamun tsarin ya kamata su ba da kwarin gwiwa cewa wannan wasa ne mai tsauri fiye da yadda yake bayyana. Idan akwai wani abin da zai iya canza wasan, yana iya zama kuzarin Bengals suna wasa a gida.

Duk abin da kuke nema a cikin wani wasa na yaudara yana nan ga Pittsburgh: hutu mai gajeren lokaci, yanayin waje mai wahala, da kuma wasan hamayya. Abubuwa sun shirya sosai ga wanda ake ganin zai yi kasa ya samu damar yin nasara.

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