Steelers vs. Bengals injury report, odds, spread: Joe Haden will play, James Conner will not; Brandon Allen out, Ryan Finley in

The Pittsburgh Steelers (11-2) would win the AFC North Division for the first time since 2017 with a victory at nothing-to-play for Cincinnati on Monday night. The Steelers will have top cornerback Joe Haden available off injury but will be without No. 1 running back James Conner due to a quad injury. The Bengals, meanwhile, will not have injured "starting" quarterback Brandon Allen and will go with Ryan Finley. The Steelers are 14.5-point favorites on the William Hill Sportsbook NFL odds, up from an open of -11.

Pittsburgh quarterback Ben Roethlisberger clearly likes playing NFL teams from his home state of Ohio. He is 24-2-1 straight up as a starter against Cleveland and 24-7 against Cincinnati – the Steelers have won 11 straight in the series (not all with Big Ben).

Big Ben's offense is in a slump right now, though, as the Steelers have scored fewer than 20 points in three straight games, going 0-3 against the spread in them and losing the past two outright. Pittsburgh will be only the team coming off back-to-back SU losses as a road favorite of at least 11 points since 1980. The previous two -- 2019 Chargers at Dolphins, 2018 Rams at Cardinals -- both covered. Roethlisberger is just 2-11 ATS in his career as a double-digit road favorite.

Haden missed the Week 14 Sunday night loss in Buffalo as he was in the concussion protocol, but he's good to go Monday. In 12 games this year, Haden has 46 tackles, 11 passes defensed and two picks, one returned for a touchdown.

Conner has been in and out of the lineup all season and is likely costing himself some money as an upcoming free agent after also being injury-prone in 2019. Conner injured his quad and only played 23 snaps against the Bills, finishing with 18 yards on 10 carries. Conner has 663 yards and five scores on 155 carries this season. Benny Snell will be the featured back in his place. 

Of course, the Bengals lost rookie starting QB Joe Burrow to a season-ending injury in Week 11. Allen started the three since and Cincinnati totaled just 31 points in losing all of them. In that stretch, Allen had completed a solid 65.5 percent of his passes but for just 6.0 yards per attempt with three TDs, two picks, seven sacks taken and a rating of 83.7. He suffered a bone bruise last week vs. Dallas and will sit this one out.

Second-year Ryan Finley gets the call. He has completed 10 of 19 passes for 75 yards, no touchdowns and two interceptions this season. The 25-year-old started three games last year (all losses) as a fourth-round rookie, and the last one was a 16-10 loss to the Steelers in which Finley was 12-for-26 for 192 yards with a TD. Kevin Hogan, previously on the practice squad, will be his backup.

Pittsburgh has covered the spread in 12 of its past 17 trips to Cincinnati. The weather could be ugly tonight. Here's the forecast from weather.com: Cloudy with occasional rain showers. High 46F. Winds SW at 10 to 20 mph. Chance of rain 60%. The total is a very low 40.5 points. 

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