The NFL experts behind weekly picks again aren’t big fans of the Cincinnati Bengals.
This time the experts don’t see the Bengals emerging from another encounter with the Pittsburgh Steelers as winners.
According to NFL Pick Watch, 100 percent of the experts polled see the Steelers winning. That, besides New Orleans over Carolina, is the only game on the schedule with a 100 percent pick rate.
It is at least a little surprising this time. The Bengals are only 6.5-point underdogs this time out against a Steelers team that just dropped a game against the Cleveland Browns and could be without JuJu Smith-Schuster and James Conner — never mind all the distractions coming from the fight with Myles Garrett.
And yet, the Bengals struggled to get anything going offensively a week ago in a loss to Oakland. The history against the Steelers remains there too after this season’s 23-7 loss in Week 4.
The Bengals might pull off an upset and grab that first win of the season. But in a straight-up pick ’em, it makes some sense experts aren’t rolling with the winless Bengals.
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