The Eagles and Bengals are glorious groups on paper however haven’t at all times seemed like glorious groups on the sector. The Bengals enter Sunday’s recreation as a small residence favourite and want to win their third recreation in a row to get again to .500 for the season.
Cincinnati’s protection, a serious flaw within the first few weeks, has put issues collectively over the previous two weeks by permitting simply 21 complete factors in back-to-back wins. The catch is that these wins got here in opposition to the Daniel-Jones New York Giants and a one-win Cleveland Browns crew that had to make use of three quarterbacks attributable to accidents.
The Bengals protection will face a considerably larger check this weekend in opposition to an Eagles offense led by Jalen Hurts, Saquon Barkley, A.J. Brown and DeVonta Smith. If the Bengals restrict Philly’s offense, perhaps Cincinnati can begin constructing some momentum for the second half of the season.
Stopping Barkley is the important thing, and that’s simpler stated than achieved. The Bengals are permitting 136 speeding yards per recreation (twenty first within the NFL) and practically 4.5 yards per carry. They’re susceptible on the bottom, which might current a possibility for Barkley to have one other large recreation — a pattern for him this season. He has been an important match within the Eagles offense and has been particularly dominant over the previous 4 weeks, averaging 7.6 yards per carry.
The Eagles protection has additionally performed nice over the previous two weeks, not permitting a single landing in back-to-back wins. The catch right here is that these two performances additionally got here in opposition to the identical Giants and Browns groups.
Neither crew has been overly dominant in overlaying the unfold this season, with the Bengals coming in 4-3 in opposition to the unfold and the Eagles having a 3-3 mark.
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Find out how to watch Eagles vs. Bengals
- Venue: Paycor Stadium — Cincinnati
- Time: 1 p.m. ET
- TV: CBS
- Streaming: Fubo (attempt totally free)
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