The Cincinnati Bengals (2-0) and the Philadelphia Eagles (0-2) meet Friday for a preseason game at Lincoln Financial Field in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Kickoff is scheduled for 8 p.m. ET (CBS). Let's analyze NFL odds around the Bengals vs. Eagles odds and make our expert NFL picks and predictions for the best bets.
The Bengals have gone hard in the preseason, winning both games, while splitting 1-1 against the spread (ATS). The Under has cashed in both games, too. Cincinnati punished the Chicago Bears 27-9 last time out, cashing as 3.5-point underdogs at Paycor Stadium as the Under (37.5) cashed. Journeyman QB Josh Johnson threw for 156 yards and 2 TDs, while QB Sean Clifford threw for 126 yards and a TD.
The Eagles have dropped both preseason
games, allowing 24 in each game. The Eagles are also 0-2 ATS, while splitting the Over-Under 1-1. It lost 24-21 at New England last Saturday as a 1.5-point favorite while the Over (37.5) connected. QB Tanner McKee, trying to hold off veteran QB Andy Dalton for the No. 2 job, ended up 16 of 22 for 173 yards, 2 TDs and 0 INTs, while Dalton was just 3 of 10 for 44 yards and 0 TDs.
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Bengals at Eagles odds
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- Moneyline (ML): Bengals +120 (bet $100 to win $120) | Eagles -145 (bet $145 to win $100)
- Against the spread (ATS): Bengals +2.5 (-105) | Eagles -2.5 (-115)
- Over/Under (O/U): 36.5 (O: -108 | U: -110)
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Bengals at Eagles picks and predictions
Prediction
Eagles 24, Bengals 20
Moneyline
Backing Eagles (-145), costing nearly 1 1/2 times your potential return, makes very little sense.
If you're backing favorites, it makes more sense to lay the points if the team is favored by 3 or fewer points rather than paying up to play the moneyline.
PASS.
Against the spread
Back EAGLES -2.5 (-115) in their first home game of the preseason schedule.
McKee and Dalton continue a heated battle for the backup job, and even if many of the starters are not playing, backup skill position players like RB Will Shipley, RB Carson Steele, WR Darius Cooper and TE Stone Smartt are more than capable.
Over/Under
OVER 36.5 (-110) might be the best play on the board.
As mentioned, the Eagles have plenty of hungry backup quarterbacks fighting for jobs, and the Bengals showed they also have some impressive reserve signal callers looking to make some noise, too.
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