The Cowboys are big-time home underdogs against Cincinnati.
Every so often the spread for a football game doesn’t seem quite right. That is the case this week for the Dallas Cowboys game against the Cincinnati Bengals on Monday Night Football.
This isn’t some screed about how the Cowboys deserve more respect for pulling off one shocking win and then also beating the worst team in the league in the New York Giants. There is no doubt the Cowboys are playing better, but that is not what is off about the opening line this week. FanDuel has the Bengals as 6.5-point favorites.
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This is a Bengals team that is 4-8. As in one less win on the season than the 5-7 Cowboys. The Bengals have beaten the murderers row of the Panthers, Giants, Browns and Raiders. Sure the Bengals have lost some close games to some good teams, but they are currently on a three-game losing streak. They will also be on the road. And now we learn that Joe Burrow is limping.
All of that adds up to the Cowboys being almost a touchdown underdog? That just doesn’t feel right.
