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Jacksonville Jaguars at Cincinnati Bengals: our pick

We called the Cincinnati Bengals at 57%, locked Aug 31, 8:47 PM ET, 33 days before kickoff.

Final: Jacksonville Jaguars 22–17 Cincinnati Bengals. Wrong.

Why this pick?

Our 57% 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 0.4 points away from the Cincinnati Bengals, and the spread went from -2.5 to -1.5.

Our last 5 graded calls on the Cincinnati Bengals: 1 right.

At 57%, a pick like this still loses about 43 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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