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Bengals Bytes (5/27): Explaining the lack of faith from oddsmakers

Why Vegas ties Bengals for longest shot to win Super Bowl
The oddsmakers in Las Vegas don’t give the Bengals much of a chance to win the Super Bowl in 2018. Why is that?
“Cincinnati is a team that doesn’t garner much public action like the larger market teams, so there’s no need to falsely shorten their price,” said Mason Rebell, of Betonline.ag, which project the Bengals to 6.5 wins. “Additionally, there’s not a lick of positive sentiment from sharp bettors and oddsmakers alike when it comes to Marvin Lewis, and there hasn’t been for years.