Cincinnati Bengals at Chicago Bears 9/19/21 - NFL Picks & Predictions

Cincinnati is coming to the game here after winning in the opening week. The opening week win for the Bengals came over the Vikings by a score of 27-24 on an overtime field goal. Now, what is impressive is the victory for the Bengals was unexpected.

In the win the Bengals seen Joe Burrow go 20/27 fro 261 yards with 2 touchdowns. The rushing offense ended up picking up 149 yards on 36 carries with 1 touchdown in the game. Defensively the Bengals have some work as they allowed 336 yards and 2 touchdowns in the air, but gave up 67 yards and a score on the ground.

The Bears are coming in after a disappointing showing in the opening week on the year. The Bears ended up dropping their opening week game to the Rams by a score of 34-14. The loss exploited what has become a common problem for the Bears and that is the lack of a consistent defensive effort.

In the losing effort the Bengals seen Andy Dalton guide the offense by going 27/38 for 206 yards, but Dalton was picked off once in the game. The rushing offense only picked up 134 yards and 2 touchdowns on 26 carries. The defense for Chicago allowed 312 yards and 3 touchdowns in the air. The rushing defense was a little bit better giving up 74 yards on 23 carries and allowed a score.