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Cincinnati Bengals Clear Betting Underdogs At Home Against Drake Maye's Patriots

Cincinnati is 3-7 this season.
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Cincinnati Bengals wide receiver Ja'Marr Chase (1) makes a catch past New England Patriots safety Jabrill Peppers (5) and safety Kyle Dugger (23) at Paycor Stadium Sunday, September 8, 2024. The Patriots beat the Bengals 16-10.
Cincinnati Bengals wide receiver Ja'Marr Chase (1) makes a catch past New England Patriots safety Jabrill Peppers (5) and safety Kyle Dugger (23) at Paycor Stadium Sunday, September 8, 2024. The Patriots beat the Bengals 16-10. | Cara Owsley / USA TODAY NETWORK

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CINCINNATI — The Bengals are betting underdogs again this week despite playing the New England Patriots at home. Drake Maye's crew is a seven-point favorite in the contest with a point total set at 50.5.

Cincinnati enters this game 3-7 straight up and against the spread during a horrendous season in Cincinnati that's close to cooked. Meanwhile, New England is 9-2 overall and 8-3 against the spread amidst a surging season out east.

The Bengals have a 2.2% chance to make the playoffs on ESPN's Football Power Index, a number that relies on a win here. Falling to 3-8 in need of a victory in every game down the stretch of the season would be crazy to pull off, even if Joe Burrow returned at some point during that stretch.

"You feel them. You feel all the losses. You feel them all. They eat at you all. You know, we're working like crazy to make sure that this doesn't happen," Bengals head coach Zac Taylor said after Sunday's 34-12 loss to Pittsburgh. "It happened today. It's disappointing. Our option is to come back tomorrow and keep fighting and find a way to get a win. And got a red-hot team coming in here. So that's what we're going to do. We're going to do everything we can to clean this up, get back to work, and fight another week and find a way to get a win."

The game kicks off at 1 p.m. ET on Sunday.

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Russ Heltman is a contributor for AllBearcats and AllBengals. He is the morning host and producer for 89.3 WMKV in Cincinnati, OH.  Russ can be found on Twitter: @RussHeltman11 or you can reach him by email at Heltmandm@yahoo.com.

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