Cincinnati Bengals @ San Francisco 49ers

Bengals -8.5
I’ll tell you right now, there is no way in hell I am betting on the 49ers. That leaves me only two options, and not playing the game isn’t feasible. So, I like the Bengals, but how much do I like them? Cincinnati does have playoff hope, though it is slim. This team has a lot to prove, but I am not sure they have the discipline to prove anything. So I am weary of the Bengals but when you look at closer you see two teams going in opposite directions. The Bengals offense has be more like we expected the past few weeks and the 49ers can’t stop much of anything. They muscled up last week against the Vikings, shutting down Adrian Peterson . . . but they still lost by 20 points. The Bengals offense is more dynamic than Minnesota’s so don’t expect the shutting down of anything by the 49er defense. All this adds up to me feeling good enough about Cincinnati to play them at 3-stars.