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Published: December 3, 2009
The Detroit Lions will hit the road to face AFC North first place Cincinnati Bengals in an NFL football game on Sunday afternoon. Kick off time in Cincinnati is scheduled for 1PM Eastern Time with national television coverage provided by CBS. The LVSC NFL odds makers have set the opening point spread in this game and the home team Cincinnati Bengals are currently a 14 point favorite with the over under coming in at 44. The early money from the NFL betting public has come in on the road underdog Detroit Lions, as the Cincinnati Bengals are currently a 13-point favorite. The total has seen downward movement in the betting towards the under, as the over under is currently lined at 42. College football money line gamblers can make a play on the favored Cincinnati Bengals at –700 with the road underdog Detroit Lions bringing back +550 to pull off this huge upset victory without the points on their sides.
The Cincinnati Bengals sit at 8-3 on the year and are coming off a 16-7 victory over the Cleveland Browns last week. The Bengals were able to run all over the Browns with 210 yards on the ground on 45 attempts. Starting quarterback Carson Palmer only attempted 24 passes and completed 13 of them for only 96 yards. Carson Palmer had 1 touchdown pass last week and it was the first one since wide receiver Chris Henry was sidelined for the season with a broken arm. Newly acquired veteran running back Larry Johnson had an outstanding game last week with 107 yards on 22 carries for nearly a 5 yards a carry average. Cedric Benson is expected back into the lineup this week as he has been practicing this week for the game since being sidelined with a bad hip. Benson has rushed for 4.2 yards a carry this season with 9 touchdowns. The Bengals may look to continue to run a lot more with two solid running backs now in the mix and Chris Henry at wide receiver out of the equation. Cincinnati has played outstanding defense allowing just 15.8 points per game. They allow just 82 yards per game on the ground and just 3.8 yards per rush attempt ranking 5th in the NFL. The Lions are 2-9 on the season and coming off a bad 34-12 home loss on Thanksgiving to the Green Bay Packers. The Lions were miserable with 5 turnovers in the game. Rookie quarterback Matthew Stafford was very poor in front a national Thanksgiving Day television audience with just 46.5% accuracy and 4 really bad interceptions. Stafford has thrown 11 picks over his past 4 games. The Lions cannot run the football as leading ball carrier Kevin Smith is averaging just 3.4 yards per carry and three rushing touchdowns. The Lions defense allows a very high 30.5 points per game. They have been torched by the pass this season allowing a league worse 281 yards through the air and allow opposing quarterbacks to complete 70.5% of their passes ranking 32nd and last in the NFL.
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NFL Trend: Detroit Lions are 0-4 ATS in their 4 road games this season
The Wagerline consensus has 64.8% of the NFL bettors on Cincinnati -13
The Wagerline consensus has 62.8% the NFL bettors playing over 44
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