Cincinnati Bengals NFL Preseason Probabilities

What does a reigning division champion have to do to get respect in NFL preseason probabilities? Cincinnati is 23.5 to 1 to win the Super Bowl, even though they won the AFC North last year.



Behind Baltimore and Pittsburgh, they are the third choice to win the AFC North in NFL preseason wagering.

NFL preseason probabilities on the Bengals have them starting up in the Hall of Fame Competition vs the Dallas Cowboys on August 8th. Since the Bengals play in the Hall of Fame Game they will have 5 preseason matches. They host Denver in the official Week 1 of the preseason after which they host the Eagles in Week 2. They finish up with road games at Buffalo and at Indianapolis.

The Cincinnati Bengals did not finish strongly, though they did win the AFC North last year, as they lost four of their last 5 matches including a playoff loss to the New York Jets. The Cincinnati offense was quite 1-dimensional last year and ultimately teams worked out that the Bengals could not throw the ball. Quarterback Carson Palmer is basically not the quarterback that he was years ago. With an 83.6 passer rating, he was only 16th in the league last year. Cedric Benson leads the Bengals sound running game, but whether he can stay out of trouble off the field is always an issue. The Cincinnati Bengals made some additions to their passing attack. Chad Ochocinco is still a solid receiver but he is not great. The Cincinnati Bengals got tight end Jermaine Gresham with their first-round draft choice and they acquired Antonio Bryant in free agency. The Cincinnati Bengals also got Jordan Shipley from Texas and Dezmon Briscoe from Kansas, plus they took former Jacksonville receiver Matt Jones.

Bryant is a wide receiver who has been playing in the NFL since 2002, and has competed with the Dallas Cowboys, the Browns, the 49ers and the Buccaneers. Gresham is deemed a great tight end and was the 21st overall draft pick by the Bengals this year. Shipley is a third round pick wide receiver who secured practically each high school major career receiving record in Texas. Briscoe is a sixth round draft pick wide receiver who ended his three-year college career as the Kansas all time leader in receiving yards.

The Cincinnati Bengals’ defense was fairly good last year but the loss of Antwan Odom truly hurt. The Cincinnati Bengals added Carlos Dunlap in the draft and Odom should be healthy going into NFL preseason wagering. The Cincinnati Bengals have a sound line backing corps led by Dhani Jones and Rey Maualuga. The secondary is good with Jonathan Joseph and Leon Hall.

The Cincinnati Bengals have no established kicker because they let kicker Shayne Graham go to Baltimore and that’s a big concern that almost certainly will not go away in NFL preseason probabilities. They are going with Dave Rayner or Mike Nugent. Look for the Bengals to lose matches this year because they don’t have a reliable kicker.


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