Bengals at Browns odds, picks and predictions

The Cincinnati Bengals and the Cleveland Browns play Sunday at Huntington Bank Field in Cleveland. Kickoff is scheduled for 1 p.m. ET (FOX). Let’s analyze BetMGM Sportsbook’s NFL odds around the Bengals vs. Browns odds and make our expert NFL picks and predictions for the best bets.

The Bengals swept the regular-season series against the Browns in 2024, with Cincinnati winning 21-14 in Cleveland Oct. 20, while topping the Bengals 24-6 in Cincinnati Dec. 22. The Under cashed in both meetings. Cincinnati is 4-1 straight up and against the spread (ATS) in the past 5 in the series. The Under is 5-1-1 in the past 7 meetings.

Cincinnati QB Joe Burrow completed 69.1% of his pass attempts for 433 yards, 5 TDs and 0 INTs in 2 meetings with the Bengals last season, and WR Ja’Marr Chase had a receiving TD in each of the outings.

Last season, Bengals RB Chase Brown scored 5 of his 7 rushing TDs in road games. He had 135 rushing yards against the Browns in 2024, the most against any opponent, albeit in 2 games.

QB Joe Flacco is the starting signal caller for the Browns, and the 40-year-old faces Cincinnati for the first time since the 2022 season, when he was a member of the New York Jets. He was 28-of-52 for 285 yards, 0 TDs and 2 INTs in a 27-12 loss Sept. 25, 2022, at MetLife Stadium.

Browns RB Jerome Ford faced the Bengals once in 2024, rushing for a season-high 92 yards and a touchdown on 11 carries Dec. 22 in Cincinnati. He also caught 5 passes for a season-high 39 yards.

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Bengals at Browns odds

Provided by BetMGM Sportsbook; access USA TODAY Sports Scores and Sports Betting Odds hub for a full list. Lines last updated Saturday at 9:10 p.m. ET.

Moneyline (ML): Bengals -250 (bet $250 to win $100) | Browns +200 (bet $100 to win $200)Against the spread: Bengals -5.5 (-105) | Browns +5.5 (-115)Over/Under (O/U): 47.5 (O: -115 | U: -105)

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Bengals 27, Browns 16

The Bengals (-250) will cost you 2½ times your potential return, and that’s way too much risk for not enough reward, at least for a standalone wager.

If you were to toss Cincinnati into a multi-leg parlay, or use a Week 1 boost or promo, that would make things a little more palatable.

PASS, and look to the spread instead.

The BENGALS -5.5 (-110) are a strong play in this opener. For years, Burrow inexplicably struggled against the Browns. However, he engineered a pair of wins last season, and Cincinnati has won the past 3 meetings by an average margin of victory of 14.0 points per game.

The Browns were 2-6 ATS in 8 home games, including the 21-14 Week 7 loss, also as 5.5-point underdogs.

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UNDER 47.5 (-110) is worth a look in this AFC North battle.

While the weather will be cool, and it will be mostly sunny, the winds will be whipping off Lake Erie at 10-13 mph. That could, potentially, affect the passing and kicking games.

Even if the wind doesn’t come into play, the Browns are starting a 40-year-old journeyman quarterback and could struggle to score points. The Under is 5-1-1 in the past 7 in this series, as it is.

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