The New England Patriots will be on the road this weekend, as they take on the Cincinnati Bengals on Sunday afternoon at Paycor Stadium in their first game under new head coach Jerod Mayo.
New England enters this Week 1 matchup as the clear underdog, as they are 8.5-point underdogs for this away game, and NFL fans seem to be betting against them in droves.
According to PoolGeniusTaking the Bengals over the Patriots on Sunday is the most popular choice in survivor pools with 37% of its participants choosing that outcome.
Given the disparity in talent and coaching experience, it’s not hard to see why Cincinnati is the sexy pick in Game 1, but New England has a chance to upset NFL fans again, as it did during its dynastic run of nearly two decades of dominance.
So many weird things can happen in Week 1, and there’s a chance the Patriots pull out all the stops and capitalize on Cincinnati’s mistakes enough to pull out a win and eliminate as many people from their pools.
New England is playing the “nobody believes in us” card, and they’re right. This would be the perfect time for them to prove the NFL world wrong.
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