• TE Evan Engram, Jacksonville Jaguars — over 42.5 receiving yards: The Bengals are struggling across the board, but they have been particularly underwhelming covering tight ends.
• Engram should be able to take advantage, and quickly: Evan Engram is heavily involved in this Jaguars passing offense. And while this game may not be all that competitive, and Trevor Lawrence and company may not need to pass the ball later in the game, the elite efficiency allowed by the Bengals secondary should give Engram every opportunity to post some chain-moving catches and post numbers relatively quickly.
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GAME OVERVIEW
Cincinnati Bengals backup quarterback Jake Browning will make his second start after a fair but unspectacular performance in a divisional game against the Pittsburgh Steelers in Week 12.
The Steelers offense is nowhere near the level of this Jacksonville Jaguars offense, so Browning will likely have to put more points on the board to keep the Bengals in the game this week. Thankfully, he'll get wide receiver Tee Higgins back from the hamstring injury that has kept him out of the last three games.
Defense is becoming a bit of a concern for the Bengals. Over the last three weeks, they have given up 544, 405 and 421 yards of offense to the Texans, Ravens and Steelers, respectively. They have gone from a 5-3 team to a 5-6 team, with each opposing quarterback passing for 248 or more yards and each opposing running game racking up at least 150 yards.
The Jaguars are a balanced offense, and they can and will muster up yards in all aspects of the game, although starting running back Travis Etienne has been limited in practice all week and is questionable to play.
TE Evan Engram, Jacksonville Jaguars: Over 42.5 receiving yards (-110 FanDuel) & 50+ Receiving Yards (+126 FanDuel)
The Bengals are struggling across the board, but they have been particularly underwhelming covering tight ends.
Cincinnati has faced a tough slate of tight ends, but the team has been unable to limit anyone at the position recently. Pat Freiermuth returned to the field for the Steelers to hang nine catches for 120 yards on this team last week. George Kittle caught nine passes for 149 yards against them back in Week 8, Dalton Kincaid caught 10 passes for 81 yards in Week 9 and Dalton Schultz caught four passes for 71 yards in Week 11.
Evan Engram is heavily involved in this Jaguars passing offense. And while this game may not be all that competitive, and Trevor Lawrence and company may not need to pass the ball later in the game, the elite efficiency allowed by the Bengals secondary should give Engram every opportunity to post some chain-moving catches and post numbers relatively quickly.
The alternate line provides value on top of the baseline yardage prop because it does not quite account for the volatility of the coverage unit, and the 36 cents of additional returns is much higher than the value of the additional 8 yards.
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