The Cincinnati Bengals and Carolina Panthers do battle Sunday in a week 9 NFL contest at Paycor Stadium. The Carolina Panthers need a win after losing 4 of their last 5 games. The Cincinnati Bengals look to get a game above a .500 record.
The Carolina Panthers have lost 7 straight road games. PJ Walker is completing 62.5 percent of his passes for 614 yards, 3 touchdowns and 1 interception. DJ Moore and Terrace Marshall Jr. have combined for 573 receiving yards and 3 touchdowns, while Laviska Shenault Jr. has 8 receptions. The Carolina Panthers ground game is averaging 110.5 yards per contest, and D’Onta Foreman leads the way with 273 yards and 3 touchdowns. Defensively, Carolina is allowing 23.3 points and 358.6 yards per game. Shaq Thompson leads the Carolina Panthers with 59 tackles, Brian Burns has 5 sacks and Donte Jackson has 2 interceptions.
The Cincinnati Bengals have won 7 of their last 10 home games. Joe Burrow is completing 69.2 percent of his passes for 2,329 yards, 17 touchdowns and 6 interceptions. Ja’Marr Chase and Tee Higgins have combined for 1,109 receiving yards and 9 touchdowns, while Tyler Boyd has 32 receptions. The Cincinnati Bengals ground game is averaging 81 yards per contest, and Joe Mixon leads the way with 432 yards and 2 touchdowns. Defensively, Cincinnati is allowing 20.5 points and 336 yards per game. Germaine Pratt leads the Cincinnati Bengals with 59 tackles, Trey Hendrickson has 3.5 sacks and Vonn Bell has 4 interceptions.
The Panthers are 1-6 ATS in their last 7 road games and 5-17 ATS in their last 22 games overall. The Bengals are 6-1 ATS in their last 7 home games and 13-3 ATS in their last 16 games overall. The under is 5-2 in Panthers last 7 games overall. The under is 10-2-1 in Bengals last 13 games overall. The Panthers are 3-1-1 ATS in their last 5 meetings. The favorite is 3-1-1 ATS in their last 5 meetings.
The Carolina Panthers are finding ways to compete despite ownership doing whatever they can to tank, but the way they lost last week could be a crushing blow to their confidence moving forward. Speaking of confidence, the Cincinnati Bengals should be lasered focused after getting waxed on Monday night to a subpar Browns squad. The hopes of a potential trap game for the Bengals is gone with how things played out last week. With a bye week ahead for the Bengals, you should get a better effort from the better tam. Also, the shoe has to fall for the Panthers eventually. Give me the Bengals for a double-digit victory.