Iowa and Pittsburgh both worked out nicely as the free plays. Let’s see about getting another plus result with this week’s NFL comp.
265 CHIEFS @ 266 BENGALS
Take: BENGALS -3.5
The season is only three weeks old, so it’s risky to formulate unshakable opinions, unless you’re talking about the Patriots, the Packers, and at the other end of the spectrum, the Bears. But maybe after four years of getting to the playoffs and then going home fairly rapidly, just maybe this Bengals team might have a shot to do a little more.
Cincinnati has certainly been impressive thus far. Andy Dalton might never be a superstar and he can still make the occasional horrid mistake. But he’s a QB with a wealth of weapons and I have to say I really liked how he responded to some major fourth quarter adversity last week. The Dalton we’re used to seeing would likely not have rallied after blowing the lead at Baltimore. But this time Dalton came up big, with a huge assist from the amazing AJ Green.
That was a great win for the Bengals. They have a dangerous look ahead with the Seahawks coming to town next week. But this is a 3-0 Cincy entry that is playing at a very high level and on paper, they’ve got a great chance to keep the run going here as the Chiefs come calling.
Kansas City has been decidedly ordinary so far. They managed to beat the Texans on the road to get the season started. But they were deadly brilliant in that game and I don’t think they’ve looked good in losses to the Broncos and Packers. The final score in the Green Bay game was phony as that game was a blowout. Sure, it was Aaron Rodgers orchestrating the annihilation of the KC secondary and Andy Dalton is not Aaron Rodgers. But the Chiefs have holes on that stop unit and this Cincinnati team has the arsenal to exploit those vulnerabilities.
I like the notion of coming back with a team I just won with. It’s more a comfort zone feeling than anything else, but after winning with the Bengals last week, it’s fairly easy for me to fire right back on them in a spot where they look to me to be the superior squad. If Cincinnati plays the way they have through the first three weeks, they’re going to win this game and I’m willing to lay the points with the Bengals here.
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My NFL Best Bet for Sunday is loaded!