NFL Odds Week 1: How to bet on Steelers vs. Bengals, picks

of Cincinnati Bengals AFC North rival Pittsburgh Steelers From 2009 season.

The Bengals will make their first Super Bowl appearance since the 1988 season, and the Steelers will enter a season without retiring quarterback Ben Roethlisberger for the first time since they were drafted in 2004.

Everything you need in terms of Steelers vs Bengals betting is here: Point Spreads, Money Lines, Total Over/Under, Expert Picks (odds by FOX Bet).

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Pittsburgh Steelers @ Cincinnati Bengals (Sunday, 1:00 PM ET, FOX)

Point Spread: Bengals -6.5 (Bengals favored winning by 6.5 points or more, Steelers covered otherwise)
Moneyline: Bengals -303 Favorites (Bet $10 to win $13.30 total); Steelers +225 Underdog Wins (Bet $10 to win $32.50 total)
Total Points Over/Under: 44.5 points for both teams

The Steelers announced Monday that Mitch Trubisky will start quarterback for April’s No. 20 rookie Kenny Pickett. The No. 2 pick of 2017, Trubisky started 50 games in 2017-20 and appeared in six games as a reserve for the Bills last season.

Another key to the game is the comfort level of Bengals quarterback Joe Burrow, the 2021 NFL Comeback Player of the Year.

Both teams had 55 sacks in 2021. Last season, Pittsburgh led his NFL with 55 sacks. Cincinnati will allow him 55 sacks in 2021, his third-most in the league.

Pittsburgh linebacker TJ Watt was named NFL Defensive Player of the Year after setting an NFL record of 22 sack ties in 2021.

The Steelers open the season away for the eighth straight season, compiling a 4-2-1 record over the span.

Pittsburgh went 8-9 against the spread (ATS) last season and went 2-1 ATS as an underdog over 6.5 points.

The Steelers hit over/under (O/U) six times in 17 games last season.

Bengals receiver Jamar Chase set an NFL rookie record with 1,455 receiving yards last season.

Burrow set a single season franchise record in 2021 with 4,611 passing yards and 34 passing touchdowns.

Cincinnati was 8-2 ATS and 9-1 straight ups (SU) when they scored 23 or more points in their games last season.

The Steelers lead the series with a 67-38 record, but the Bengals have won their last three meetings. This ended Pittsburgh’s 11-game streak in the series.

SELECTED BY FOX SPORTS BETTING ANALYST Jason McIntyre:

Nobody likes the Steelers here. The Bengals have just gone to the Super Bowl and have rebuilt a terrible offensive line after Joe Burrow was sacked a league-high 55. Cincey overtook Pittsburgh 65-20 total last year and he smoked twice.

But I’d be happy to take the Steelers as quite the underdog in the division matchup here.

Super Bowl losers are just 4-18 ATS since 2000. More importantly, the Bengals have started four new linemen against TJ Watt & Co. and the new Cincinnati group hasn’t taken a single snap in front of Barrow. The entire preseason after appendectomy. The Bengals are the better team and I am not bullish on the Steelers this season. But you’re not betting on teams, you’re betting on numbers. And Mike Tomlin in those spots has risen to the occasion: in his career, he’s a 19-6-2 ATS as an underdog against AFC North.

I don’t have much faith in Mitch Trubisky and the Bengals have a huge advantage in the kicking game. But I can’t miss the +6.5.

Choose: Steelers (+6.5 in FOX betting) lose (or win outright) by less than 6.5 points

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