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The Bengals and Broncos have stumbled there way to 3-6 records. Both teams have looked down right bad for the past two weeks, and it’s reflected in the way the experts picked the game, and how the oddsmakers placed the lines. The Broncos seems to be the favorite this week, but that just seems to be because they’re the home team. Maybe if they had someone aside from Brock Osweiler throwing the ball they’d be a more solid favorite, but at this point, it seems like this game could go either way.
So what do the oddsmakers and NFL experts expect to be the outcome of this showdown between teams with a 3-6 record? Let’s take a look.
Odds
The Bengals are currently 2.5-point underdog against the Broncos, according to Odds Shark. The line hasn’t moved since it opened. The Broncos are coming off two straight poundings, but the Bengals have looked lost for four weeks. Considering the home team usually starts as a three-point favorite, it is telling that the odds makers made the line 2.5 giving a slight edge to the Bengals.
The line for total score is set at 39. Both of these teams have struggled on offense. That is putting it kindly. The Broncos have put up 39 points in their past two games, but most of that came during garbage time. The Bengals struggled their way to 27 points combined in their past two games. Both of these defenses are also very talented, but the Broncos have allowed 92 points in two weeks. That said, the Bengals don’t have the fire power of the Patriots or Eagles, who have been the Broncos’ last two opponents.
Betting trends for Bengals at Broncos
- Cincinnati is 3-6 straight up in its last nine games
- The total has gone under in 12 of Cincinnati's last 17 games
- Cincinnati is 5-2 against the spread in its last seven games on the road
- Cincinnati is 1-5 straight up in its last six games on the road
- The total has gone under in 11 of Cincinnati's last 16 games on the road
- Cincinnati is 1-6 straight up in its last seven games when playing Denver
- The total has gone over in four of Cincinnati's last five games when playing Denver
- Cincinnati is 4-1 against the spread in its last five games when playing on the road against Denver
- Cincinnati is 0-5 straight up in its last five games when playing on the road against Denver
- The total has gone over in five of Cincinnati's last seven games when playing on the road against Denver
- Denver is 0-5 against the spread in its last five games
- Denver is 0-5 straight up in its last five games
- The total has gone over in six of Denver's last nine games
- Denver is 13-5 straight up in its last 18 games at home
- Denver is 6-1 straight up in its last seven games when playing Cincinnati
- The total has gone over in four of Denver's last five games when playing Cincinnati
- Denver is 1-4 against the spread in its last five games when playing at home against Cincinnati
- Denver is 5-0 straight up in its last five games when playing at home against Cincinnati
- The total has gone over in five of Denver's last seven games when playing at home against Cincinnati
Expert picks for Bengals at Broncos
- CBS Sports has two of their eight experts picking the Bengals
- ESPN has three of their 10 experts picking the Bengals
- Fox Sports is predicting a 23.5-21.9 victory for the Broncos
- Five of SB Nation’s nine experts picked the Bengals over the Broncos
- NFL pick watch, which takes into account picks from experts around the web, has 76 percent of all NFL experts picking the Broncos, as of the time of this posting