Cincinnati Bengals cornerback DJ Ivey (38) breaks up a pass to Pittsburgh Steelers wide receiver Mike Williams (18) in the end zone n the fourth quarter of the NFL Week 18 game between the Pittsburgh Steelers and the Cincinnati Bengals at Acrisure Stadium in Pittsburgh on Saturday, Jan. 4, 2025. The Bengals won 19-17 to finish the regular season at 9-8. Sam Greene/The Enquirer / USA TODAY NETWORK via Imagn Images

Cincinnati Bengals Home Betting Underdogs Against Pittsburgh Steelers On Thursday Night Football

Originally posted on Cincinnati Bengals on SI
By Russell Heltman | Last updated Oct 13, 2025 7:34 AM ET

The Bengals are underdogs again this week in a quick turnaround against the Pittsburgh Steelers. Consensus odds have the Steelers slotted as 5.5-point road betting favorites with a point total sitting at 42.5

Cincinnati has lost four consecutive games and essentially has to win this game to have any real hope of winning the AFC North. The Steelers currently hold a three-game lead on that front.

The Aaron-Rodgers-led team is 4-1 on the season and 3-2 against the spread, while the Bengals are 2-4 in both categories. The Bengals covered the spread on Sunday in Joe Flacco's debut and will try to pull off the full upset in a few days.

“I certainly thought that he had a lot of confidence and got into a rhythm. There are times when you get in those games where you are having to throw the ball there at the end to get back in it; it is not all stuff that is on the call sheet," Bengals head coach Zac Taylor said about Flacco's first outing. "We were having to adlib a little bit as you explore how they are playing our guys. You have to adjust as the game goes, and I thought he did an unbelievable job of handling that, just a description of a play at times. He just made it work and found ways to get balls to our guys.

"He knows where to find Ja’Marr [Chase] and Tee [Higgins], whether they were single covered or double covered, he gave them a chance, and it paid off for us. I am not talking about the end of the game. Plenty of our stuff we worked on all week, we executed well, and when you get into a pass-fest, you are trying to get your star guys the ball, and you’re having to adjust to how they are playing. There are some not complicated things, but things maybe we didn’t rep during the week, and I thought he did a great job of handling it.”

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