Run It Back

The Cincinnati Bengals travel to New York to play against the Giants at MetLife Stadium on August 21st at 7:00 pm. This will be the second game both of these teams play in the preseason. Last week, the Giants won a close game against the New England Patriots by a score of 23-21. The Bengals lost their first preseason game to the Cardinals by a score of 36-23. Now against the Giants, the Bengals will look to pick up a win and have an even record heading into the final week of preseason. During preseason, players are still fighting for a position on the final 52-man roster, so expect to see everyone at their best. Caesars Casino & Sportsbook has the match result odds at -240 New York and +200 Cincinnati. Additionally, the spread for the game is set at 5.5 with over and under being -110. New users will receive a Risk-Free Bet of up to $1500 on their first wager.

New York Giants newly appointed head coach, Brian Daboll, was able to pick up his first win with the team last week. He received a lot of help from his run game and his defense. The offense was able to rush for 177 yards on 33 attempts, averaging 5.4 yards per carry, and passed for 240 yards. The Giants were able to record 418 total yards of offense which was 110 more total yards compared to the Patriots. Quarterback Daniel Jones started for the Giants and played the opening two drives for the team. He was replaced by Tyrod Taylor who had a decent performance for them. He was able to throw for 120 yards and one touchdown and had a quarterback rating of 95. The Giants defense was able to force one turnover in the game and it came at an important time in the 4th quarter. Now against the Bengals, Daboll will most likely play the starters for a longer time getting them ready for the regular season.

The Cincinnati Bengals fell short of their goal last week after they allowed 36 points to the Cardinals. The offense wasn’t able to keep up with the Cardinals’ offensive attack and played from behind the whole game. They did find a groove in the fourth quarter as they were able to score two touchdowns. It has been reported that the Bengals do not plan to play their starters in the game against the Giants and may find themselves trailing for the majority of the game. They did receive an impressive performance from quarterback, Drew Plitt, who during his time in the game completed all of his passes and ended the drive with a touchdown. Now with confirmed reports of the starters not playing, Plitt might have a chance at more playing time and he can hopefully help the Bengals have better offensive drives.

This game will be dominated by the Giants. They will let their starters play in this game so they will jump out to an early lead and control the game by running the ball and wasting time. The Bengals will need superb quarterback play if they want a chance at winning this game. They also need to do a better job of holding on to the football as they fumbled the ball 4 times but recovered 3 of them. The Bengals don’t seem to care a lot about preseason as this will be the second game of not playing the starters. They seem to be focusing on the regular season and hope to return to the Super Bowl again as they did last season.

For our expert Cincinnati Bengals vs. New York Giants prediction take the Giants -5.5 in the game.