2024 Bengals Stats and Odds

Cincinnati hoping to rebound, challenge for Super Bowl, AFC North title with healthy Burrow

July 17, 2024 153 3 minutes readNFL Picks & Parlays

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How to Bet the Bengals
Woes on ‘O’
New Faces
Defensive Deficiencies

Things went south for the 2023 Cincinnati Bengals from the first week of training camp.

Superstar quarterback Joe Burrow went down with a calf strain on the second day of practices, which signaled an omen that followed the Bengals throughout the season.

Although Burrow returned to start Cincinnati’s first 10 games, he wasn’t close to himself and ultimately missed the club’s final seven with a right wrist injury.

The team that many expected to compete for the AFC title and even Super Bowl finished last in the AFC North with a 9-8 record.

Even with all the Burrow injury drama, the Bengals only missed the postseason by one game, despite coming in fourth in their division.

Still, the Bengals will have a new look in 2024 with some familiar faces gone and some high-profile players coming to the Queen City.

Here’s a look at the 2024 Bengals stats and odds.

How to Bet the Bengals

The Bengals may have finished over .500 but were 7-8-2 against NFL spreads last season.

Still, despite some offseason controversy, the Bengals have the third-shortest odds to win the Super Bowl of any AFC team at +1300, which is fifth-shortest league-wide, and are +700 to represent the AFC in Super Bowl LIX in New Orleans.

A more compelling NFL pick could be to wager Cincinnati to win the AFC North, which is the most competitive division in football.

Cincinnati has won the North in two of the past three seasons, but three NFL teams from the division reached the AFC playoffs in 2023.

Cincinnati to win the AFC North is listed at about +150.

For those who enjoy NFL prop bets, especially with the team over/under, Cincinnati’s over 10.5 is set at -140, with the under a +120 underdog.

The Bengals have failed to reach 11-plus wins in all but one of coach Zac Taylor’s five seasons, though they did reach the Super Bowl in 2021 after going 10-7 in the regular season.

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Woes on ‘O’

The Bengals were 16th in the NFL in points per game (21.5) and finished 22nd in yards per game (318.9), even with Burrow starting 10 games. Plus, Cincinnati also watched a couple of dynamic mainstays depart.

Wide receiver Tyler Boyd, who caught 513 passes for 6,000 yards over his eight seasons in Cincinnati, is headed down the road to Tennessee.

Plus, workhorse running back Joe Mixon, who also played his entire 88-game career with the Bengals, was traded to Houston ahead of free agency, where he signed a three-year contract.

Add those subtractions to the contractual controversy with No. 2 receiver Tee Higgins, who will play out the 2024 season on the franchise tag after the two sides failed to agree on a long-term contract, and there is some trouble in paradise for the Bengals.

New Faces

Naturally, the Bengals are trying to win, which means they went all-out to replace Mixon and Boyd.

Cincinnati signed free agent Zack Moss, who had a breakout season with the Indianapolis Colts, to a two-year contract, added tight end Mike Gesicki, and drafted wide receiver Jermaine Burton from Alabama in the third round.

Moss rushed for a career-high 794 yards and five touchdowns while spelling lead back Jonathan Taylor. Gesicki, a former member of the Miami Dolphins and New England Patriots, had 244 yards and two touchdowns last season in New England.

Burton, chosen with the 80th pick in the NFL draft, led Alabama in catches in his junior and senior seasons after transferring from Georgia following the 2021 season.

The 6-foot, 194-pound receiver had 22 touchdowns in his four years split between Athens and Tuscaloosa.

Each new offensive team member will be expected to boost the 2024 Bengals stats.

Defensive Deficiencies

Burrow’s injuries may get blamed for Cincinnati’s struggles last year, but the Bengals’ defense also regressed in 2023.

The 2024 Bengals’ stats will need to improve from last season for them to get back into the Super Bowl conversation.

Cincinnati finished 31st in yards-against per game (374.6) and went from No. 6 in points-against per game to 21st, surrendering 22.6 per contest last year.

Thus, Cincinnati spent five of its 10 draft picks on defensive NFL players, including second-round pick Kris Jenkins from Michigan and fellow interior D-lineman McKinley Jackson in the third round with the 97th pick.

Those two should help Cincy be more stout against the run, since it gave up the seventh-most rushing yards per game in the NFL.

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