Seattle Seahawks at Cincinnati Bengals Free Pick and Betting Odds. We’re already into week five of the NFL 2015 regular season, and Sunday, October 11th at 13:00 ET will mark the kick-off between away team, the 2-2 Seattle Seahawks, who will be facing off against the 4-0 Cincinnati Bengals at the Paul Brown Stadium in Ohio. 5Dimes is currently favouring the Bengals, with a -2½ point start at odds of -130. Lines on the odds are currently offered at 43.
Betting Odds
Point Spread: Bengals -2.5
Total Line: 43
Seattle have managed to redeem themselves after their first two weeks of losses to the St Louis Rams and the Green Bay Packers. Last week saw them claim their second victory of the 2015 regular season, beating out the Detroit Lions in a game that finished with a 10-13 score. It took a clutch forced fumble from Kam Chancellor on Calvin Johnson for the Seahawks to do it, but win the game they did. Seattle still needs to bring their offensive unit in to work as a strong, cohesive group though. It’s struggled all season to gain any kind of stellar ground, and they were just as lost on the field against Detroit. Quarterback, Russell Wilson ended up being the victim of six sacks.
The hopeful return of running back, Marshawn Lynch should provide some sort of boost to the Seahawks, as the Bengals’ defensive unit is allowing an average of just 85.3 yards per game this season. If Lynch and co. aren’t able to mount a thoroughly united front, it could signal a fall for Seattle. Offensively, the Seahawks have claimed an average of 345.8 yards, giving them a mid-level ranking of 19th overall. Meanwhile, they’ve only allowed an average of 17.8 points to be scored against them (ranking them third overall) and 278.8 yards altogether on average to be claimed per game (giving them a second position), showing that there’s little to fault with the defensive side of things.
Cincinnati are one of the six teams to have won all the games they’ve played so far this season. Last week’s battle brought them up against the Kansas City Chiefs, and the result came out as a 21-36 victory for the Bengals. The team have played consistently great games, with quarterback, Andy Dalton continuing to shine throughout their match against the Chiefs. Dalton has also been sacked just twice this season, a record that ties him with Ryan Fitzpatrick of the New York Jets. Cincinnati managed to hold off Kansas City’s offence to zero touchdowns, with Alex Smith being sacked seven times by the Bengals’ offensive unit.
There is a slight threat of the returning Marshawn Lynch for Seattle, although the Bengals have played exceptionally well in defence this year. They’ve only allowed an average of 19.2 points to be scored by opposing teams, giving them a ninth place ranking, while racking up an average of 30.2 points themselves have positioned them in fourth overall. Claiming 422 yards on average per game safely place’s them in second position overall, and if Cincinnati continue playing as well as they have so far, the Seahawks should prove to be little hindrance to them.
Seattle at Cincinnati Betting Trends
Seattle is 1-5-5 against the spread in their last 7 games overall.
The Seahawks are 1-4-1 against the spread in their last 6 games against Cincinnati.
The game total has gone over in 5 of Seattle’s last 6 games against Cincinnati.
The Bengals are 4-1 straight up in their last 5 games overall.
Cincinnati is 4-1-1 against the spread in their last 6 games against Seattle.
Injury Report
Seattle
RB Fred Jackson Ankle expected to miss Sunday vs. Cincinnati
DT Brandon Mebane Groin “?” Sunday vs. Cincinnati
LB Kevin Pierre-Louis Knee “?” Sunday vs. Cincinnati
S Steven Terrell Hip “?” Sunday vs. Cincinnati
CB Tharold Simon Toe “?” Sunday vs. Cincinnati
RB Marshawn Lynch Hamstring “?” Sunday vs. Cincinnati
CB Jeremy Lane Knee PUP
WR Paul Richardson Knee PUP
Cincinnati
S George Iloka Ankle “?” Sunday vs. Seattle
DT Marcus Hardison Knee “?” Sunday vs. Seattle
LB Vontaze Burfict Knee PUP
Consensus Pick (ATS)
Seattle: 34%
Cincinnati: 66%
Free NFL Pick
The Seahawks are hoping to have running back Marshawn Lynch back for this game, but will it matter? The Seahawks offense has been putrid especially their pass offense that ranks 27th in the league. They can get some yards on the ground, but they’ll be facing one of the better units in the league this week. We just don’t like the matchups here and square or not, we’ll go with the home side here in this spot.
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