Barstool Sports founder Dave Portnoy has placed a massive wager on a top AFC contender to win Super Bowl 58. If he wins, Portnoy will collect a shiny seven-figure payout.
Portnoy has placed $67,000 on the Cincinnati Bengals to win Super Bowl 58 with the chance to win $1 million. He also placed $15,000 on the Bengals to take down the Philadelphia Eagles in the big game, which would pocket him $500,000.
If you look at most sportsbooks, you’ll see that the consensus favorites to win the Super Bowl are the defending champion Kansas City City, Eagles, Baltimore Ravens and San Francisco 49ers. Several sportsbooks even give the Dallas Cowboys better championship odds than the Bengals.
Joe Burrow and the Bengals have played in consecutive AFC Championship Games, both on the road against the Chiefs.
After narrowly falling to the Los Angeles Rams in Super Bowl 56, Cincinnati returned to the AFC title game last season, losing to Mahomes and company in the rematch on a last-second Harrison Butker field goal.
Winners of four in a row, the Bengals certainly look every bit like a Super Bowl contender. They dominated the San Francisco 49ers 31-17 on the road in Week 9 and followed it up with a 24-18 home win over the Buffalo Bills on Sunday night.
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Cincinnati will try to maintain the momentum when they host C.J. Stroud and the Houston Texans on Sunday afternoon.
