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Cincinnati Bengals at Pittsburgh Steelers: our pick

We called the Cincinnati Bengals at 53%, locked Aug 31, 8:47 PM ET, 26 days before kickoff.

Final: Cincinnati Bengals 27–30 Pittsburgh Steelers. Wrong.

Why this pick?

Our 53% is the betting market's own price for the Cincinnati Bengals: 2 sportsbooks' prices, averaged, with their margin taken out. It is not a secret model.

Since we locked it the market moved 8.8 points toward the Cincinnati Bengals.

Our last 4 graded calls on the Cincinnati Bengals: 1 right.

At 53%, a pick like this still loses about 47 times in 100.

What we add is timing: we watch this game live and email members when the pick pulls well ahead, so they can check the cash-out at their own sportsbook.

No cash-out alert fired on this game.

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