The San Francisco 49ers are once again favorites to prevail in Week 8 when they face the Cincinnati Bengals. After two successive upset losses, it's tough to take that status seriously.

San Francisco is a 5.5-point favorite, per DraftKings Sportsbook, for the visit of the Bengals despite losing back-to-back games to the Cleveland Browns and the Minnesota Vikings.

At home and still with a 5-2 record, that is not a surprise, but the line does indicate deserved declining faith in the 49ers.

With home advantage typically said to be worth 2.5 to 3 points, that spread suggests the Niners would be favorites by under a field goal on a neutral field.

San Francisco's offense, despite moving the ball well in each game, failed to score 20 points against either the Browns or the Vikings, having scored at least 30 in each of its first five games.

Against the Bengals, they will go against one of the league's better defensive coordinators in Lou Anarumo.

The 49ers' defense, meanwhile, gave up 452 net yards to the Vikings and did not register a sack of Kirk Cousins, hardly the type of performance a team wants going into a matchup with Joe Burrow and Co.

Theoretically, the point spread makes sense, but it becomes increasingly difficult to justify after even a cursory amount of digging into the Niners' final matchup before their much-needed bye week.

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