Chiefs now favored over Bengals in AFC championship after one other large line motion

The purpose unfold within the AFC championship recreation continues to maneuver.

The Kansas City Chiefs opened up as favorites, however the line swung rapidly and drastically towards the Cincinnati Bengals.

Regardless of being the highway group, the Bengals have been favored by as many as 2.5 factors on Wednesday. However now, as of Thursday morning, the percentages have shifted again within the Chiefs’ path.

The Chiefs are the favorites once again, listed at -1 and -115 on the moneyline at BetMGM. The Bengals are -105 on the moneyline and the full is 47.5, some extent beneath the opener of 48.5.

Based on BetMGM, a lot of the motion has are available in on the Cincinnati facet. The Bengals have acquired 73% of the bets and 79% of the cash on the purpose unfold and 69% of the bets and 70% of the cash on the moneyline.

The Bengals barely squeaked by the Baltimore Ravens within the wild card spherical earlier than smoking the Buffalo Bills 27-10 on the highway within the divisional spherical on Sunday. The Chiefs, in the meantime, had a first-round bye because the AFC’s No. 1 seed after which have been in a position to get previous the Jacksonville Jaguars 27-20 on Saturday.

Within the Chiefs’ win, star quarterback Patrick Mahomes suffered a excessive ankle sprain. He missed a major chunk of the primary half, however got here again in for the second half regardless of being clearly hobbled by the harm.

After the sport, there have been lingering questions in regards to the severity of Mahomes’ harm and bettors have been fast to leap on the Bengals as underdogs. Nonetheless, Mahomes was a full participant in practice on Wednesday and declared himself “able to go” for Sunday’s showdown at Arrowhead Stadium.

It’s secure to guess that Mahomes’ standing has resulted in a few of the purchase again on Kansas Metropolis. The road ticked down within the Chiefs’ favor all through the day Wednesday till it lastly flipped again to the Chiefs as slight favorites by Thursday morning.

The Bengals have crushed the Chiefs in three straight conferences — all by precisely three factors. In every of these conferences, the Chiefs have been favored. These groups met in final yr’s AFC title recreation in Kansas Metropolis and the Bengals received 27-24 as seven-point underdogs. They performed once more again in December, this time in Cincinnati, and the Bengals received by the identical rating, 27-24.

Can Mahomes get the perfect of Joe Burrow and the Bengals this time?

Kansas City Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes throws during the first half of an NFL divisional round playoff football game against the Jacksonville Jaguars, Saturday, Jan. 21, 2023, in Kansas City, Mo. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel)

Kansas Metropolis Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes throws throughout the first half of an NFL divisional spherical playoff soccer recreation in opposition to the Jacksonville Jaguars, Saturday, Jan. 21, 2023, in Kansas Metropolis, Mo. (AP Photograph/Charlie Riedel)

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