Patriots vs. Bengals: Week 1 NFL Showdown Insights

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00:00You know, the Patriots do not come close to where the Cincinnati Bengals are with or without

00:09Jamar Chase.

00:10In fact, if he plays, Vinny, I don't think the number is going to go up much, maybe a

00:13half a point.

00:14I don't even know that he's worth a half a point in the NFL.

00:17You know, but again, all the money is going to come in on Cincinnati and I'm always very

00:21scared of the first week because I think Vinny, in the end, you and I would agree that the

00:26Patriots are only going to win a handful of games, but anything can happen in the first

00:31week of the season.

00:32That's the danger zone for me.

00:33Yeah, for sure.

00:34I mean, the one thing that we've seen in recent years is that the defense is a little bit

00:38ahead of the offense and therefore you see a lot of unders hitting early in the season.

00:45That's something we're going to watch for and this game has got a pretty low total that's

00:50tied to the Patriots not looking all that good with Jacoby Brissett, a quarterback here

00:55now named the starter.

00:56So the Bengals, again, Luan Arumo is still the defensive coordinator.

01:01He can cause a lot of problems for any quarterback, especially one that's struggling and has limited

01:05weapons.

01:06I mean, Joe Burrows back, the enthusiasm is going to be there on the home side.

01:10So it seems like a bit of a trap extending there to nine and a half points, but I do

01:15like the Bengals at home here.

01:17I think they're going to come out and play well.

01:19They want to reestablish themselves as kind of an AFC contender and this is a game where

01:23they can make a statement, I know the Patriots are going to stink and might be the worst

01:27team in the league, but the Bengals still want to come out there and prove that they

01:32belong by taking care of business.