Eagles vs Bengals Matchup: Analyzing the 2.5 Point Spread

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00:00Less than two minutes, so we'll continue it on the other side of the break, but Eagles-Bengals,

00:07two and a half spread, 46 and a half on a total. And this is going to be a challenging spot where

00:11I feel like we're going to see what the identity of both of these teams are in this matchup. I feel

00:16like it comes in equal enough. So what do you like here? The line at two and a half when it

00:22opened yesterday, when I first saw it, I'm very surprised because the Bengals started off the

00:27year horrible and they've been slowly trending up. Their defense is still bad. And I wonder,

00:32like, does this line, and I keep asking myself, I said this to myself like yesterday when I saw

00:37these lines, does this line tell us more about the Bengals and the books trust in the Bengals

00:42that they're actually a good team and they just had some bad variants in the beginning of the

00:46season? Or does this line tell us more about the Eagles that they're not actually as good as we

00:50thought? Now granted, they're coming off a big win, Saquon did, but again, that was against

00:54the Giants. We have to take that with a huge grain of salt prior to that. They failed to cover

00:58against the Browns two weeks ago when they were eight and a half point home underdog home favorites

01:03and the Browns were underdogs and the Browns are horrible. So does this line tell us more about the

01:07Bengals that they're actually a good team and they're actually going to be trending upwards?

01:11Or do we buy into the Eagle saying, Hey, we should be taking points for the Eagles because

01:16the Bengals are actually frauds. Yeah, I think that's a fantastic question, especially because

01:21the Bengals defense is just extremely concerning to me. So

01:24it's one of those defenses that can allow the Eagles in a little too much.