As a general rule each week, public bettors tend to back favorites -- both on the spread and in moneyline parlays -- and the sportsbooks, in turn, cheer for the underdogs to cover or even win outright. When large spreads come around, it can be divisive to bettors, forcing them to choose between a blowout victory or a more competitive game, no matter how large the skill gap between the teams.

This week, the Cincinnati Bengals were catching around two touchdowns at Lambeau Field against the Green Bay Packers . For most of the week, the Bengals were 14.5-point underdogs, but they took a somewhat surprising amount of action, with BetMGM reporting 75% of wagers and 72% of handle behind the Bengals on Sunday morning.

ESPN BET had a small majority of its spread handle for the game backing C

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