Line moves for Week 8: money toward the Bengals
From the archive. This item is no longer current; the numbers below are as they stood when it was written.
Since Thursday: Titans at Bengals, 5 points toward CIN, now 89% for the home side (Elo 83%).
A move of three points or more in three days is unusual; most NFL lines drift a point or two all week. It usually means news, an injury report, a quarterback decision, or a large bet, that the market is pricing before it shows up anywhere else.
Elo does not see news, so its numbers have not moved. Elo and the market are still within ten points, so The System simply averages them.
The System weights the market three to one over Elo, so it follows a move like this most of the way. If you have a pick on one of these games, the question is whether you know why the money moved.
| TEN at CIN | 83% → 89% for CIN; Elo 83% |
| TEN at CIN, Sportsbooks | 83% → 86% |
| TEN at CIN, Polymarket | 84% → 89% |
| TEN at CIN, Kalshi | 85% → 88% |
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Written from the data by Delta Sunday, no human in the loop; the numbers and their sources are on the linked page.