Bengals at Patriots spread, line, picks: Expert predictions for Week 16 NFL game

Two AFC teams looking to secure a playoff spot will battle with one another on Saturday afternoon when the Bengals and Patriots take the field. Looking for its seventh win in a row, Cincinnati will enter the weekend as road favorites.

Kickoff is set for 1 p.m. ET at Gillette Stadium in Foxboro. CBS will televise the game.

On the heels of one of the most improbable losses the NFL has seen in quite some time, the Patriots need to turn the page on Week 15 and have their best stuff ready for this Saturday’s date with the red-hot Bengals. New England is just outside the playoff picture with three games remaining.

After starting the season with back-to-back losses, not many outside of the Bengals’ locker room probably imagined the team would be entering Week 16 with a shot at a first-round bye. However, here’s Cincinnati, who dealt with key injuries throughout the season but managed to enter the weekend in third place in the AFC and just a game behind Buffalo for the top spot in the standings. Yet, Joe Burrow and Co. still haven’t clinched the AFC North or a playoff spot. So, they’ve still got some tape to run down the stretch of this regular season, including this Saturday against New England.

What are the odds for Patriots vs. Bengals?

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