Sunday Night time Soccer kicks off tonight at 8:20 p.m. EST because the Los Angeles Chargers host the Cincinnati Bengals at SoFi Stadium.
The Chargers are 1.5-point favorites, based on FanDuel Sportsbook, and the overall is 47.5 factors.
It’s a heavyweight battle between Justin Herbert and Joe Burrow, two of the very best quarterbacks within the NFL. They had been top-six picks within the 2020 NFL Draft and rank top-five in passer score getting into Sunday.
Burrow towards the Chargers protection shall be particularly thrilling to observe. L.A. has the most effective cross defenses by effectivity metrics, however they’ve additionally confronted a weak schedule. Burrow tends to destroy zone protection, which the Chargers deploy at a excessive fee.
This sport looks like a toss-up so I’ll take the factors with Cincinnati.
My favourite prop for tonight is J.Okay. Dobbins underneath 57 speeding yards. By way of Ben Solak of ESPN:
The Bengals’ run protection was a laughingstock to begin the season, however current historical past shines much more favorably. Since Week 6, when beginning defensive tackles Sheldon Rankins and B.J. Hill returned to the beginning lineup, the Bengals are permitting solely 3.4 yards per carry to opposing backs, with the sixth-best success fee in soccer. They’ve confronted a few dangerous speeding assaults in that stretch, however they’ve additionally confronted Saquon Barkley and Derrick Henry.
I feel the run protection is way improved in Cincinnati, and I feel Dobbins is prone to see his whole rush quantity diminish now that [Gus] Edwards is again and with the Chargers dealing with a impartial sport script on this one. Bear in mind, since their Week 5 bye, the Chargers are seventh in cross fee over expectation. They run this offense by way of the air now.
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