The Atlanta Falcons host the Cincinnati Bengals in an NFL preseason contest at Mercedes-Benz Stadium on Friday evening. Kickoff in Atlanta is set for 7:30 p.m. ET. For this game, SportsLine consensus lists the Falcons as 6.5-point favorites, while the over/under is set at 38.5 (see up-to-date odds for every game this week on our NFL odds page).

Before you make any Bengals vs. Falcons picks or any other NFL predictions, you NEED to see which side R.J. White is on. 

Over the past seven years White, a CBS Sports fantasy and gambling editor, has gone 376-290-24 (56.5%) in the world's most prestigious football handicapping competition, the Las Vegas SuperContest. He also is SportsLine's No. 1 NFL expert, going 535-450-30 on his against-the-spread NFL picks from 2017-22, returning $3,532 to $100 players. Moreover, White is on an incredible 50-33 roll on picks involving the Bengals. Anyone who has followed him is WAY UP!

White knows the Bengals should improve with more of Trevor Siemian this week. Siemian is the projected backup to Joe Burrow, with more than 7,000 career passing yards. Cincinnati also projects to use both Chris Evans and Chase Brown out of the backfield, and each player is dynamic in the passing game. White also knows the Falcons are expected to deploy many starters in this game, including Bijan Robinson and Desmond Ridder on offense. Robinson was a top-10 pick as a potentially tremendous running back, and Atlanta has its starting quarterback available while Cincinnati does not.

Now, White has locked in another confident against the spread pick for Bengals vs. Falcons. We can tell you he's leaning Under the total, but he knows a crucial X-factor makes one side of the spread a MUST-BACK! You ABSOLUTELY need to see what it is before locking in any picks of your own.

Who wins Bengals vs. Falcons on Friday? And what critical X-factor makes one side of the spread a must-back? ... Join SportsLine right now to see which side of the Bengals vs. Falcons spread to jump on, all from the expert who's an outstanding 50-33 on Cincinnati picks!