Despite the inexplicable loss in Week 8 to the New York Jets, there is still love for the Cincinnati Bengals over at NFL Pick Watch as they prepare for a huge divisional battle against the Cleveland Browns.
Of the experts polled this week, 73 percent of the picks at NFL Pick Watch have the Bengals getting a win that would already put them at 3-0 in AFC North play and move them to 6-2 and keep them right near the top of the division and the playoff race.
You can point to this as a perfect bounceback opportunity for the Bengals as the Browns are a bit of a mess at this point and a disappointing 4-4. They also just waived WR Odell Beckham Jr. in what turned out to be a very disappointing tenure as a Brown. A loss here would be devastating for the Browns as they would fall under .500 and already have losses to the Bengals and Steelers in the division.
And 65 percent of the folks have the Bengals covering the 2.5-point spread. The only game with a closer spread is the Los Angeles Chargers favored by two on the road against the Philadelphia Eagles.
