Thursday night matchup---Bengals at Eagles...

The Bengals have gaping opportunities for exploitation by the Eagles in the Cincinnati secondary, and there are offensive line weaknesses to exploit, too--- if only the Birds' offense can be patient enough to expose and attack them. Tonight will reveal to us who's zooming whom...                   DT Geno Atkins  (#97, 6-1, 300 lbs. out of Georgia, drafted 4th round in 2010) could end up neutralizing all of the possible advantages the Eagles may have in targeting the Bengals' backside defense. "I think if you're Cincinnati, you've got to take that Eagles run game away and get it between that third-and-three and third-and-eight kind of look," says Mike Mayock, the analyst for Thursday night's telecast. "And that's where defensive coordinator Mike Zimmer is at his best." The Bengals lead the NFL in sacks per pass. The Eagles are the sixth worst in the league allowing sacks per pass...