Steelers vs. Bengals: Who the experts are taking in Week 3

Steelers vs Bengals: Who the experts are picking in week 3?

These experts have chosen the Cincinnati Bengals to be the favorites in this contest. Among the three different experts, two of them selected the away team to emerge victoriously. These experts come from three separate websites at sportingnews.com, profootballnetwork.com, and nflspinzone.com. They all gave rationale for their picks and the Steelers are losing favor in the expert pools yet again.

Sporting News

Sporting News is the only expert out of this bunch to predict a Steelers victory on Sunday. They explain how both teams enter this game coming off of bad performances in week two. The home club enters with key injuries and question marks across their team. The away squad is no better as they made plenty of mistakes as they lost against the Bears. They have the black and gold winning 23-20 in a close game with all of the injuries currently on the Steelers defense.

Pro Football Network

They have the Bengals surprising the fans at Heinz Field on Sunday by a score of 23-20. Their explanation consisted of how much Pittsburgh has struggled to show any form of consistency on offense. The injuries on the Steelers defense were another major talking point for this decided outcome. The Bengals had a bad week against the Bears but they expect them to come back and perform well enough to squeak out a win here.

NFL Spin Zone

NFL Spin Zone also has Cincinnati winning this game by a score of 21-20. This expert thinks the Steelers lack of chemistry early in the season will cost them games like this one. He expects them to finally start figuring things out after the first part of the year and right the ship as time goes by. Until then, this team will lose games like this one in the expert’s opinion. They have this being the upset of the week as the Bengals come into enemy territory and win by a single point according to this prediction.