The New York Giants will host the Cincinnati Bengals at MetLife Stadium on Sunday Night Football in a duel between two teams looking to claw their way back into relevancy in 2024.
The Bengals are 3.5-point favorites in NFL Week 6 odds despite being on the road and losing a Week 5 overtime shootout to the Baltimore Ravens that dropped them to 1-4 on the season. The Giants, meanwhile, are coming off a crucial 29-20 win against the Seattle Seahawks to boost their overall record to 2-3, and the over/under line anticipates a high-scoring game. We also cover a NY sportsbook promo before the game kicks off.
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Bengals slight favorites over Giants in key matchup
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How the Bengals could win and cover the spread
The offense is humming through five weeks of the season. The Cincinnati Bengals are scoring 28 points per game in 2024, the fourth-most in the NFL, and averaging over 350 yards. The defense, however, is 30th in expected points added, per RBSDM. The Bengals are going to have to lean on the offense to get out of the mud.
Specifically, the Bengals will need to lean on Joe Burrow and his star receivers: Ja’Marr Chase and Tee Higgins. Burrow has targeted the pair 66 times this season, including 30 for Higgins in just three games. Additionally, Burrow has a passer rating of 134.5 when targeting Chase, per PFF, and the superstar wide receiver has 29 catches for 493 yards and five touchdowns in 2024. Having two receivers of such a caliber makes the Bengals’ offense a matchup nightmare — and on Sunday Night Football, they could take over against the Giants secondary, which has struggled at times this season.
How the Giants could cover the spread and win
The New York Giants could have something in rookie running back Tyrone Tracy. The 2024 fifth-round pick made his first career start against the Seahawks in lieu of the injured Devin Singletary and carried the ball 18 times for 129 yards, averaging 7.2 yards per carry and tallying four runs of 10 yards or more. Even if Singletary returns against the Bengals, Tracy could still factor into the game plan. But regardless of who gets the bulk of the touches, the Giants will likely have to attack the Bengals on the ground.
They’ve averaged 143.5 rushing yards per game in their two wins this season, and they’ll take on a Cincinnati defense that has been one of the worst units at stopping the run this season — allowing 151.4 rushing yards per game through five weeks, the third-most in the NFL. If the Giants can get their ground game going, they can move the chains, run down the clock, and keep the Bengals’ offense off the field. And they’ve shown that they can score points, too. The Bengals’ weakness is the Giants’ strength.
