The New York Giants (2-3) will host the Cincinnati Bengals (1-4) at MetLife Stadium in East Rutherford, New Jersey on Sunday night.
Opening the week, the Giants were listed as 3.5-point home underdogs and that’s where the spread remains as of this writing.
Let’s take a look at who some of the experts and insiders around the league are taking in the Week 6 matchup:
Expert | Pick | Score (if applicable) |
Dan Graziano (ESPN) | Bengals | N/A |
Matt Bowen (ESPN) | Bengals | N/A |
Seth Wickersham (ESPN) | Bengals | N/A |
Pete Prisco (CBS) | Bengals | 34-28 |
John Breech (CBS) | Bengals | 30-27 |
Jordan Dajani (CBS) | Bengals | 23-20 |
Nate Davis (USA TODAY) | Bengals | 33-27 |
Lorenzo Reyes (USA TODAY) | Bengals | 30-13 |
Bill Bender (Sporting News) | Bengals | Â 27-21 |
Vinnie Iyer (Sporting News) | Bengals | Â 30-27 |
The above panel unanimously picks against the Giants for the second consecutive week. And while most see it as a close, one-score game, Lorenzo Reyes of USA TODAY anticipates the Bengals blowing the doors off Big Blue in primetime.
Other experts and analysts from around the league agree, although there is a small subsection that believes the Giants will go back-to-back with upsets. 91 percent predict a Bengals victory, per NFL Pickwatch.
Fans are slightly less convinced with just eight percent picking the Giants to win.