Thursday, May 23rd, 2013
The Cincinnati Bengals (1-0) and the Atlanta Falcons (0-1) last met up in 2010 and they’ll renew their matchup in a week 2 NFL Preseason game on Thursday. The Falcons were 39-32 winners as 3.5-point home favorites there and Atlanta has won all 3 head-to-head meetings against the Bengals since 2002 while covering the point spread in every single game.
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Backup quarterbacks figure heavily into deciding the winner in these preseason games, and the Falcons will turn to Chris Redman, John Parker Wilson, and Dominique Davis once starter Matt Ryan leaves the game. Cincinnati will start off with Andy Dalton before their top guy hands the ball over to Bruce Gradkowski, Zac Robinson, and Tyler Hansen.
Another important statistic to look into when deciding on a team to bet on in the preseason is how their respective coaches have done in these situations prior. Atlanta coach Mike Smith is just 6-11 overall in the preseason and week 3 seems to be the only game that his win/loss record indicates that he tries to win. Cincinnati’s Marvin Lewis has a 19-19 record in the NFL Preseason and his week 2 record of 6-3 in his 2nd best behind a 7-2 mark during the final game of the exhibition schedule.
The online sportsbooks opened up the home-team Falcons as a 3.5-point betting favorite with a total of 37, but Atlanta currently sits at -4 on the point spread with a total of 38. Close to 60% of tracked NFL Preseason bettors are taking the Falcons on the point spread here despite the fact that they lost 17-31 to the Baltimore Ravens at home during their first game of the year. Cincinnati was a 17-6 winner at home against the New York Jets in their opener.
Tags: Cincinnati Bengals versus Atlanta Falcons, NFL Pick Prediction, Preseason Pointspread Odds 8-16-2012
