Gambling sites for NFL favor the road team when the Green Bay Packers and the Cincinnati Bengals meet on Friday in an NFL Week 1 preseason game from Paycor Stadium.
Green Bay Packers vs. Cincinnati Bengals Odds by BetOnline
| Team | SP/RL | TOTAL | ML | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Packers | -4½ ( -110 ) | 35 ( -110 ) | -200 |  |
| Bengals | +4½ ( -110 ) | 35 ( -110 ) | +170 | |
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Betting Green Bay Packers
The Packers, road favorites at the best online sportsbooks, are on the brink of a new era. Aaron Rodgers will not be the QB for the first time since 2007. It’s the Jordan Love show now. He was drafted in the first round of the 2020 draft as Rodger’s heir apparent.
He has 83 career pass attempts with three touchdown scores and three interceptions. The competition is on for backup QB. Danny Etling, Sean Clifford and Alex McGough have all been in camp getting reps.
The right tackle has a competition between Josh Nijman and Zach Tom. The former appears to be the favorite for the spot, but Tom is versatile and that makes him a candidate for the right tackle or the center positions.
On defense, the Packers have to find a safety replacement for Adrian Amos. There are a bunch of good players who could take over that role, such as Jonathan Owens, Rudy Ford and Tarvarius Moore.
The pressure is going to be on head coach Matt LaFleur to straighten the course afloat after they missed the playoffs last season and now without a Hall of Fame caliber QB to resort to on when things get dicey.
Green Bay has gone 4-1 ATS against the point spread in their last five football games. The Packers have gone 4-1 SU in their last five games. Green Bay has gone 2-5 ATS against the point spread in their last seven games playing against Cincinnati. Green Bay has gone 3-8 SU in their last 11 games playing on the road.
The total has gone UNDER in four of Green Bay’s last six games when they have been playing on the road against Cincinnati. The total has gone UNDER in nine of Green Bay’s last 12 games when they are playing against an opponent in the American Football Conference.
Green Bay has gone 6-1 SU in their last seven games when they have been playing against an opponent in the American Football Conference North division. Green Bay has gone 1-5 ATS against the point spread in the last six games that they have played in the month of August.
Betting Cincinnati Bengals
The Bengals, home underdogs according to gambling sites for NFL, have had consecutive double-digit winning seasons and are now looking for three straight for the first time since 2013-15. The Bengals are looking for depth to get over the hump.
The injury to starting QB Joe Burrow means that we are going to see a lot of Jake Browning as well as veteran Trevor Siemian. Both players are competing for the backup gig, and that is crucial considering Burrow’s calf strain that is going to keep him out of action for several weeks.
The Bengals are also on the lookout for another receiver to go along with Ja’Marr Chase, Tee Higgins and Tyler Boyd. That is the reason that they drafted Charlie Jones and Andrei Iosivas back in April. Speaking of the draft, the Bengals have a punting battle between rookie Brad Robbins and Drue Chrisman.
Robbins did average 43 yards per punt at Michigan, while Chrisman did not end last season as well as he would have wanted to. In general, the Bengals will be entering this season with a clear idea of what they have on the two sides of the ball.
Cincinnati has gone 13-4 ATS against the point spread in their last 17 games. The total has gone UNDER in six of Cincinnati’s last nine games.
Green Bay Packers vs. Cincinnati Bengals Pick
The Packers will probably be getting the benefit of the doubt in this one because of Burrow’s injury and also because of the fact that the Bengals will be going to give a lot of snaps to Browning and Siemian.
Still, we do not like laying more than a field goal in a preseason game in which nothing is at stake, and things tend to wild and unpredictable. We are getting 4.5 points with the Bengals playing at home.
That is a 1.5 points more than we are usually comfortably laying in a preseason game. Moreover, preseason or no preseason and even with the Burrow injury, the Bengals remain the superior team all around. Take the home dog.
