{"id":30743,"date":"2013-10-18T14:40:33","date_gmt":"2013-10-18T19:40:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/?p=30743"},"modified":"2013-10-18T14:40:33","modified_gmt":"2013-10-18T19:40:33","slug":"pro-football-picks-cincinnati-bengals-vs-detroit-lions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/pro-football-picks-cincinnati-bengals-vs-detroit-lions-30743\/","title":{"rendered":"Pro Football Picks: Cincinnati Bengals vs. Detroit Lions"},"content":{"rendered":"

Cincinnati Bengals vs. Detroit Lions
\nSunday, 10\/20\/13, 1:00 PM EST
\nOpening Point Spread:\u00a0 Detroit -2.5
\nCurrent Betting Line:\u00a0 Detroit -2.5
\nOpening Total:\u00a0 46
\nCurrent Total:\u00a0 46.5
\nOdds Courtesy of Bookmaker<\/strong><\/p>\n

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The Detroit Lions are 2-0 SUATS at home this season<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Cincinnati is along in first place in the AFC North Division for the first time this season, as it has won back-to-back games, including a 27-24 overtime victory over the Buffalo Bills as six-point road favorites Sunday.\u00a0 The Bengals gained 483 total yards of offense in that affair, with wide receiver A.J. Green having a big day, as he finished with six catches for 103 yards and a touchdown.\u00a0 The franchise has won four consecutive games in this series, which is important to consider when making your pro football picks in Week 7.\u00a0 Cincinnati is 4-2 SU and 5-0-1 ATS as road underdogs of three points or less the last two-plus seasons.<\/p>\n

The Bengals are 8-2 against teams from the NFC North under the direction of head coach Marvin Lewis, including a pair of wins against the Lions.\u00a0 Cincinnati ranks tied for fifth offensively in red-zone touchdown percentage, while its opponent this week is one of three teams that rank in the Top 10 in both offense and defensive scoring percentage in that particular category.\u00a0 For the second straight week, the squad ranks eighth in the NFL in allowing just 317.7 yards per game.<\/p>\n

Detroit heads home for back-to-back games at Ford Field, as it comes off a 31-17 victory over the Cleveland Browns as one-point road favorites last week, but the team has been out-gained in its last three affairs.\u00a0 The Lions are 4-2 going into Week 7\u2014having already played half their road schedule.\u00a0 \u201cWe need to get back to that home crowd,\u201d stated Lions head coach Jim Schwartz.\u00a0 On the defensive end, the unit ranks second in the league in third-down defense, as it has allowed opponents to convert on just 22-of-77 attempts in that category.\u00a0 Detroit is 2-0 SUATS at home this season, with the OVER cashing in both of those opportunities.<\/p>\n

The Lions\u2019 13 takeaways ranks tied for fourth in the league, which is a bit surprising due to finishing 27th in that category a season ago.\u00a0 Detroit is certainly explosive offensively, with quarterback Matthew Stafford coming off his seventh career game with four-plus touchdowns.\u00a0 Wide receiver Calvin Johnson figures to be Stafford\u2019s main target, as he caught six passes for 123 yards and a score in the last meeting in this series on Dec. 6, 2009.<\/p>\n

Sports bettors will likely back the Lions due to their 5-1 ATS mark in their last six October games.<\/p>\n

Don\u2019t miss out on a winning season and let the NFL handicappers at Maddux Sports line your pockets with cash.\u00a0 Long term packages are available now!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Cincinnati Bengals vs. Detroit Lions Sunday, 10\/20\/13, 1:00 PM EST Opening Point Spread:\u00a0 Detroit -2.5 Current Betting Line:\u00a0 Detroit -2.5 Opening Total:\u00a0 46 Current Total:\u00a0 46.5 Odds Courtesy of Bookmaker Cincinnati is along in first place in the AFC North Division for the first time this season, as it has won back-to-back games, including a […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":181,"featured_media":4322,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1444,132],"tags":[2583,2753,302,542,3333,319,616,2589,31],"class_list":["post-30743","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-headlines","category-nfl-handicapping","tag-afc-north","tag-calvin-johnson","tag-cincinnati-bengals","tag-detroit-lions","tag-ford-field","tag-marvin-lewis","tag-matthew-stafford","tag-nfc-north","tag-nfl"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30743","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/181"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=30743"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30743\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":30744,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30743\/revisions\/30744"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4322"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=30743"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=30743"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=30743"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}