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Sports Interaction Staff
October 17, 2017

Bengals vs. Steelers Point Spread: Week 7 Odds, Prediction

The Bengals are one win shy of digging themselves out a 0-3 hole, but they’ll have to slay a divisional foe they haven’t beaten in years to make it to 3-3 when they travel to Pittsburgh to play the Steelers.

Cincinnati Bengals vs. Pittsburgh Steelers

Point Spread: Steelers -5.5
Date: Oct. 22, 4:05 PM ET
Location: Heinz Field – Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Point Spread and Betting Analysis

The Steelers opened as 5.5-point chalk (-110) with a 41-point over/under line tagged to the game on the Sports Interaction odds board. Pittsburgh is 7-1 straight up and 6-1-1 against the spread in its last eight games against the Bengals. The under is a perfect 6-0 in Steelers games this season and 16-5 in their last 21 games overall.

Not to be outdone by Pitt, the Bengals have played under the total in four of their five games this season and 11 of their last 13 games dating back to last season.

The Steelers own a game lead on the Ravens in the AFC North standings and they are 2-0 against division opponents so far this season. Sports Interaction lists the Yellow and Black as the favourites to take the AFC North at -476, while the Bengals are +600 to take the division crown.

More than 75 percent of Sports Interaction customers think the Steelers are going to win and cover as 5.5-point favourites.

Cincinnati Bengals

Maybe the Bengals should fire a coach every week. Cincy is 2-1 straight up and 3-0 ATS since the team fired offensive coordinator Ken Zampese and appointed Bill Lazor as the replacement. Bengals quarterback Andy Dalton owns a 116.2 passer rating and is completing more than 70 percent of his pass attempts since Lazor took over the show.

Pittsburgh Steelers

The quickest cure for a quarterback with a propensity for getting his passes picked off is taking the ball out of his hands. Steelers QB Ben Roethlisberger, coming off a 5 INT disaster against the Jags, attempted his fewest passes in a game this season last weekend against the Kansas City Chiefs.

Pittsburgh let running back Le’Veon Bell do the heavy lifting on offense and he rewarded his team with 179 yards on 32 carries. The win improved the Steelers record to 3-0 SU and 2-1 ATS when Bell gets more than 15 rushing attempts.