{"id":42519,"date":"2018-10-21T13:37:10","date_gmt":"2018-10-21T18:37:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/?p=42519"},"modified":"2018-10-21T13:37:10","modified_gmt":"2018-10-21T18:37:10","slug":"sunday-night-football-betting-picks-cincinnati-bengals-at-kansas-city-chiefs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/sunday-night-football-betting-picks-cincinnati-bengals-at-kansas-city-chiefs-42519\/","title":{"rendered":"Sunday Night Football Betting Picks: Cincinnati Bengals at Kansas City Chiefs"},"content":{"rendered":"

Cincinnati Bengals at Kansas City Chiefs
\nSunday, October 21, 2018 – 8:20 pm Eastern TV: NBC
\nArrowhead Stadium – Kansas City, Missouri
\nOpening Line: Kansas City -5
\n<\/span>Current Line: Kansas City -6
\nOpening Total: 58 1\/2
\nCurrent Total: 56 1\/2
\nOpening Money Line: Chiefs -250 \/ Bengals +207
\nCurrent Money Line: Chiefs -260 \/ Bengals +220<\/p>\n

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The Chiefs host the Bengals Sunday night in a battle of first place teams.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Two potential AFC playoff contenders meet Sunday night as the 5-1 Kansas City Chiefs host the 4-2 Cincinnati Bengals. This game was flexed into prime time instead of the Los Angeles Rams against the San Francisco 49ers. Kansas City leads the AFC West by a half game over the 5-2 Los Angeles Chargers. Cincinnati is tied for first place in the AFC North with the Baltimore Ravens.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

The Bengals lead the series 15-13 against the Chiefs. Cincinnati has won four straight games in the series including 36-21 in Cincinnati in 2015.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Cincinnati is coached by Marvin Lewis. The Bengals have home wins over the Indianapolis Colts 34-23, Baltimore Ravens 34-23, and Miami Dolphins 27-17, plus a road win at the Atlanta Falcons 37-36. Cincinnati has a road loss\u00a0 <\/span>to the Carolina Panthers 31-21, plus a home loss to the Pittsburgh Steelers 28-2 last week. The Bengals were 1.5 point underdogs against the Steelers and the total was 49.5. Cincinnati is is 4-2 ATS and the total is 4-2 this season.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Kansas City is coached by Andy Reid. The Chiefs have\u00a0 <\/span>road wins at the LA Chargers 38-28, Pittsburgh Steelers 42-37, and Denver Broncos 27-23, plus home wins over the San Francisco 49ers 38-27 and Jacksonville Jaguars 30-14. Washington has a road loss at the New England Patriots 43-40 last week. The Chiefs were 3.5 point underdogs against the Patriots and the total was 59.5. Kansas City is 6-0 ATS and the total is 4-2 this season.<\/p>\n

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Cincinnati is outscoring teams 29-26 this season. The Bengals\u00a0 <\/span>are #6 in scoring and #23 in points allowed. Cincinnati\u00a0 <\/span>averages 352 yards per game on offense including 262 passing and 90 rushing yards.\u00a0 <\/span>On defense, the Bengals allow 409 total yards per game including 292 passing and 117 rushing yards. Cincinnati is #20 or worse in all three categories. Cincinnati is 30\/68 on third and fourth conversions and opponents are 50\/95. Cincinnati\u00a0 <\/span>has\u00a0 <\/span>forced 13 sacks and allowed 12 this season. The Bengals are -2 in turnovers.<\/p>\n

Quarterback Andy Dalton has\u00a0 <\/span>completed 65.1% of his passes for 1,674 yards with 14 touchdowns and 7 interceptions, along with 8 carries for 31 yards. He has been sacked 12 times. He is probable with a back injury. Jeff Driskell is the backup.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Running back Joe Mixon has 71 carries for 336 yards and 2 touchdowns, plus 13 catches for 99 yards and a touchdown.\u00a0 <\/span>Giovani Bernard has 34 carries for 155 yards and 3 touchdowns plus 14 catches for 78 yards. He is out with a knee injury. Mark Walton will get the back-up carries.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Receiver A.J. Green has 33 catches for 494 yards and 5 touchdowns.\u00a0 <\/span>Tyler Boyd has 37 catches for 454 yards and 4 touchdowns. Tyler Eifert has 15 catches for 179\u00a0 <\/span>yards and a touchdown. He is out for the season with an ankle injury. C.J. Uzomah has 15 catches for 179 yards and a touchdown and also has 55 rushing yards on six carries. John Ross will also get some catches. Eleven defensive players and four offensive linemen are listed on the injury report.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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Kansas City is outscoring teams 36-29 this season. The Chiefs are #27 in points allowed and #2 in scoring. The Chiefs average 419 total yards per game on offense including 307 passing and 112 rushing yards per game. Kansas City is #5 in total offense and #7 in passing. Kansas City allows 468 total yards per game on defense including 340 passing and 128 rushing. The Chiefs are #27 or worse in all three categories. The Chiefs are 32\/67 on third and fourth down conversions and opponents are 34\/85. Kansas City has forced 17 sacks and allowed 6 sacks this season. The Chiefs are +4 in turnovers.<\/p>\n

Quarterback Patrick Mahomes has completed 63.7% of his passes for 1,865 yards with 18 touchdowns and 4 interceptions, and has 24 carries for 75 yards and 2 touchdowns.\u00a0 <\/span>He has been sacked 6 times. Chad Henne is the backup.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Running back Kareem Hunt has 103 carries for 456 yards and 4 touchdowns, plus 10\u00a0 <\/span>catches for 171 yards and 2 touchdowns. He is probable with a shoulder injury. Spence Ware will also get some carries.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Receiver Tyreek Hill has 34 catches for 567 yards and 6 touchdowns, plus 37 rushing yards. Tight end Travis Kelce\u00a0 <\/span>has 33 catches for 468 yards and 3 touchdowns. Sammy Watkins has 22 catches for 272 yards and a touchdown, plus 50 rushing yards. Chris Conley has 12catches for 98 yards and 2 touchdowns. Eight defensive players and four offensive linemen are listed on the injury report.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

The under is 6-2 in this series recently.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Both of these teams have explosive offenses and not very good defenses. I expect a lot of points and I don\u2019t think the Bengals can keep up with the Chiefs.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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Cincinnati Bengals at Kansas City Chiefs Sunday, October 21, 2018 – 8:20 pm Eastern TV: NBC Arrowhead Stadium – Kansas City, Missouri Opening Line: Kansas City -5 Current Line: Kansas City -6 Opening Total: 58 1\/2 Current Total: 56 1\/2 Opening Money Line: Chiefs -250 \/ Bengals +207 Current Money Line: Chiefs -260 \/ Bengals […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":40249,"featured_media":34924,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1444,132],"tags":[3386,3728,302,303,319,31,1772,1929,1930,1922,8958],"class_list":["post-42519","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-headlines","category-nfl-handicapping","tag-andy-dalton","tag-andy-reid","tag-cincinnati-bengals","tag-kansas-city-chiefs","tag-marvin-lewis","tag-nfl","tag-nfl-betting","tag-nfl-handicapping-2","tag-nfl-odds","tag-nfl-picks","tag-patrick-mahomes"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42519","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\/40249"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=42519"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42519\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":42520,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42519\/revisions\/42520"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/34924"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=42519"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=42519"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=42519"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}