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CIN · AFC North

Cincinnati Bengals

4–2AFC North · 3rd1999–2026 in the record456 games with a final score

2026, every week, played or not

6 OF 17 PLAYED
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WinLossNot yet playedBye

Overview

NEXT · WEEK 8vs Tennessee TitansLineCIN −10Total46.5Sunday, Nov 1, 1:00 PM ET · opposing coach Robert Saleh. Line and total from the nflverse schedule file, capture time not recorded.
LAST RESULT · WEEK 7W 35–13@ Baltimore RavensCIN35BAL13Margin +22. Listed line −3; against-the-spread results come once lines are confirmed as closing.
MARGIN · 2026+6.8points a gameWidest +22 at Baltimore Ravens; narrowest −5 against Jacksonville Jaguars. Eleven games still to fill in.
Chance to win the division

AFC North, week 7 the last complete. Showing the model's chance.

  • CIN40%
  • PIT35%
  • CLE20%
  • BAL5%

Season path

163 points for through week 7 of 2026: 6 of 17 games, every week drawn.

0100200300400500W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10W11W12W13W14W15W16W17W1833538097128163PACE 462
Through week 7163
Per game27.2
17-game pace462
PlayedPace: the 2026 average carried forward. Arithmetic, not a forecast.Not yet playedBye, week 6
How this is computed

Cumulative points for across the 18-week season, read from this team's own schedule. The axis is drawn complete from week 1: the weeks carrying a result are solid, and every week after them is in the unplayed empty state.

The dashed line is the pace: the season's average per game so far, times each game still on the schedule, stepped at that game's own week. It assumes nothing but that the rest of the season looks like the part already played (arithmetic, not a forecast), and it moves only when a result lands. Wins are not carried forward this way: the win rate so far, times the games left, draws every unbeaten team winning out.

On the Wins tab the dashed line is the season model instead: its mean cumulative wins, week by week, with the central 80% and 95% of its simulations as bands. Each game left carries the model's chance to win it.

Scored walk-forward on 768 team-seasons, 2002 to 2025 (12,446 forecasts), the projected final wins missed by 1.76 wins, root mean square, against 3.08 for the pace line and 1.99 for the standings with every game left a coin flip. With whole seasons resampled, the model is better than the pace line and better than the coin-flip standings.

Walk-forward, the central 80% band held the real final record 89.5% of the time, consistent with the 90.1% of simulations inside it.

Schedule and results

6 of 17 games in 2026 carry a final score.

WEEK 1Sep 13vs Tampa Bay BuccaneersW 33–27 +6LINE −3.5 · O/U 50.5Todd Bowles
WEEK 2Sep 20@ Houston TexansW 20–6 +14LINE +3 · O/U 45.5DeMeco Ryans
WEEK 3Sep 27@ Pittsburgh SteelersL 27–30 −3LINE −3.5 · O/U 42.5Mike McCarthy
WEEK 4Oct 4vs Jacksonville JaguarsL 17–22 −5LINE −2.5 · O/U 51.5Liam Coen
WEEK 5Oct 11@ Miami DolphinsW 31–24 +7LINE −7 · O/U 44.5Jeff Hafley
WEEK 6

Bye

WEEK 7Oct 25@ Baltimore RavensW 35–13 +22LINE −3 · O/U 46.5Jesse Minter
WEEK 8Nov 1vs Tennessee TitansNot yet playedLINE −10 · O/U 46.5Robert Saleh
WEEK 9Nov 8@ Atlanta FalconsNot yet playedRaheem Morris
WEEK 10Nov 15vs Pittsburgh SteelersNot yet playedMike McCarthy
WEEK 11Nov 23@ Washington CommandersNot yet playedDan Quinn
WEEK 12Nov 29vs New Orleans SaintsNot yet playedKellen Moore
WEEK 13Dec 6@ Cleveland BrownsNot yet playedTodd Monken
WEEK 14Dec 13vs Kansas City ChiefsNot yet playedAndy Reid
WEEK 15Dec 20@ Carolina PanthersNot yet playedDave Canales
WEEK 16Dec 27@ Indianapolis ColtsNot yet playedShane Steichen
WEEK 17Dec 31vs Baltimore RavensNot yet playedJesse Minter
WEEK 18Jan 10vs Cleveland BrownsNot yet playedTodd Monken

Result against the spread: coming once the schedule's lines are confirmed as closing lines. Line and total come from the nflverse schedule file; capture time is not recorded, so neither is confirmed as the closing line.

Line and total: nflverse schedule file, capture time not recorded, not confirmed as the closing line.

How this is computed

Games played before a relocation are shown under the current franchise.

Margin is points for minus points against, from the row's own two scores. The line is from this team's side: the favourite carries the minus sign.

Offense and defense, by unit

27.2 points a game in 2026, over 6 games.

Points / game27.22026 · 6 GAMES
Pass + rush attempts / game58.82026 · 6 GAMES
Neutral situations · 2025POINT AND INTERVAL · N = 17
Neutral pace, seconds per play29.2s 27.6s–30.7s
Neutral plays per game34.0 27.5–40.2

No 2026 value is published yet for Neutral pace, seconds per play, Neutral plays per game, so each is shown for the season named beside it.

Coming once the analytics export carries per-team play-by-play

Neutral early-down pass rateEPA / play, offenseEPA / play allowed, defensePressure rate generatedPressure rate allowedSack-or-hit rate generated (not pressure)

Rank of 32 is not drawn: an order over teams whose figures overlap within their uncertainty asserts a separation the figures do not support.

How this is computed

Season totals over the games they were recorded across, from this team's own file.

The rows under them are the analytics export's, one value per team per season, each with its interval and n, the number of games it rests on. Under 5 is shown muted and marked: the interval is honest, and too wide to read. The interval's construction is the file's own. Rows of one format share one axis; rows of different formats never do.

Neutral pace, seconds per play. seconds between snaps within a drive, neutral situations only

Neutral plays per game. run and pass plays in neutral situations, per game; still partly a scoreboard measure - a team blown out weekly has fewer by construction

Roster · usage share

Chase Brown leads the offense with 33% of the team's targets and carries in 2026.

RB 46%WR 37%TE 12%QB 5%
RBChase Brown633%15%61%71%
WRTee Higgins614%23%0%79%
WRJa'Marr Chase613%21%0%80%
RBSamaje Perine612%5%23%35%
WRDohnte Meyers66%9%1%41%
TEMike Gesicki55%8%0%46%
QBJoe Burrow65%0%13%99%
TEErick All33%4%0%41%
TEDrew Sample42%4%0%56%
WRMitchell Tinsley22%4%0%44%
TETanner Hudson42%3%0%26%
WRAndrei Iosivas21%2%0%57%
RBTahj Brooks41%0%2%2%
WRColbie Young21%1%0%10%
WRKe'Shawn Williams10%0%0%0%

Offensive line, 5 players at 100% snap share: Amarius Mims, Dalton Risner, Dylan Fairchild, Orlando Brown, Ted Karras. 27 defensive and 3 special-teams players are on the roster and not drawn. The file carries offensive snap share only, and a column of zeros would be a false figure about each of them.

How this is computed

Volume, not efficiency. On offense each player is ranked by opportunity share: the player's targets plus carries, over the team's targets plus carries, summed over the season. The team file carries no count of plays, so the whole is the team's own opportunities, and a team's shares add up to all of them. The stacked bar is those shares, player by player, each in its position's colour; a row's bar is drawn against the leader's.

Linemen carry snaps and no targets or carries, so they are one line with the spread of their offensive snap share. A player at any position with a target or a carry is ranked. Snap share on this page is offensive snaps only, so it is not shown for defenders or specialists at all.

PPR/G: each game this player's row in the components table carries for this team, scored under the PPR preset, summed, and divided by those games. A player the table does not carry has a dash, not a zero.

Offensive splits by season

Per-game figures, regular season: 28 seasons, 1999–2026.

Points per game, by season

1999–2026 · 2026 IS SIX GAMES
17.7'9914.1'0121.6'0326.3'0523.8'0719.1'0921.5'1126.9'1326.2'1518.1'1717.4'1927.1'2121.5'2324.4'2527.2'26
Offense, per game
SeasonG
2026635.7275.52.522.381.20.536.526.2275.52.527.20.5
20251735.8249.62.122.493.60.637.624.2249.62.124.41.0
20241736.9289.32.522.492.60.638.427.1289.32.527.80.5
20231734.8250.41.622.589.80.736.224.7250.41.621.50.8
20221637.1282.52.224.995.50.938.126.1282.52.226.10.8
20211731.8282.72.125.6102.50.932.622.6282.72.127.10.8
20201635.4237.11.225.7104.30.836.323.3237.11.219.40.7
20191636.8249.61.124.194.80.638.522.3249.61.117.41.0
20181633.1223.11.722.4105.10.833.920.7223.11.723.00.8
20171630.5211.61.623.685.40.431.919.0211.61.618.10.8
20161633.9262.91.127.9110.61.135.222.8262.91.120.30.5
20151630.9256.51.929.2112.81.131.620.9256.51.926.20.6
20141630.8221.91.330.8134.21.231.420.2221.91.322.81.1
20131636.0269.92.130.1109.70.936.722.8269.92.126.91.3
20121633.1237.91.826.9109.10.733.820.9237.91.824.41.0
20111632.7219.21.328.4111.10.633.419.3219.21.321.50.9
20101636.6249.31.626.895.10.536.922.8249.31.620.11.3
20091629.2195.91.331.6128.50.629.817.9195.91.319.10.8
200816—167.60.726.294.70.432.119.0167.60.712.80.9
200716—258.11.626.097.30.635.923.3258.11.623.81.3
200616—254.21.827.1102.20.932.720.4254.21.823.30.8
200516—245.92.028.6119.60.933.622.6245.92.026.30.9
200416—220.01.427.3114.90.933.520.3220.01.423.41.4
200316—225.31.629.9124.20.832.620.3225.31.621.60.9
20021635.7233.31.126.6108.10.836.921.9233.31.117.41.4
20011638.8217.50.929.1113.10.839.621.4217.50.914.11.6
20001627.1138.70.430.9143.80.828.412.9138.70.411.60.9
19991633.1219.01.127.6128.20.734.218.8219.01.117.71.1

Tgt is not recorded for 2003–2008.

The record carries 28 seasons, 1999–2026; the splits cover all 28.

Defense, per game
SeasonG
2026620.337.01.030.35.53.56.50.74.71.20.00.0
20251728.935.51.134.23.32.04.60.84.50.60.10.0
20241725.534.84.826.94.22.16.20.94.60.80.10.1
20231722.634.66.624.23.52.66.51.04.40.60.10.0
20221620.134.75.924.82.91.96.40.84.70.90.00.0
2022 POST316.740.73.022.33.01.76.00.75.30.30.00.0
20211722.137.84.524.24.32.45.80.83.71.00.10.0
2021 POST420.535.87.321.33.82.54.52.05.80.50.00.0
20201626.537.41.824.42.71.14.60.75.00.60.00.0
20191626.339.32.023.53.61.95.40.73.60.60.00.0
20181628.443.62.121.13.82.15.20.84.70.60.20.0
20171621.845.51.121.65.12.66.30.74.60.30.20.0
20161619.741.12.822.33.62.16.51.15.30.40.00.0
20151617.443.11.619.24.42.66.91.35.40.60.10.0
2015 POST118.048.00.020.05.04.09.01.06.02.00.00.0
20141621.541.11.125.73.81.34.71.36.00.40.10.1
2014 POST126.046.00.032.01.01.08.00.04.02.00.00.0
20131619.140.93.220.83.62.76.61.36.00.80.30.0
2013 POST127.048.00.014.01.01.04.00.00.00.00.00.0
20121620.040.43.224.35.03.15.80.94.61.00.10.0
2012 POST119.060.01.017.02.00.02.01.03.00.01.00.0
20111620.240.61.820.8—2.86.70.64.71.10.10.0
2011 POST131.039.08.08.0—2.03.00.03.00.00.00.0
20101624.737.56.320.3—1.75.01.04.30.80.10.0
20091618.238.65.519.1—2.14.51.26.00.70.10.0
2009 POST124.037.02.028.0—0.01.00.02.00.00.00.0
20081622.838.67.923.4—1.13.80.85.20.80.10.0
20071624.142.84.619.8—1.34.61.25.11.00.10.1
20061620.741.47.322.1—2.24.81.26.20.90.10.0
20051621.941.65.417.4—1.6—1.94.81.20.10.0
2005 POST131.040.00.018.0—1.0—0.02.00.00.00.0
20041623.343.19.119.6—2.2—1.35.41.50.30.0
20031624.042.75.815.9—1.9—0.94.61.00.00.0
20021628.543.44.614.43.81.31.30.63.30.80.10.0
20011619.346.15.516.86.23.23.10.94.90.90.40.1
20001622.444.68.511.43.71.61.40.64.91.00.10.0
19991628.841.88.610.83.72.22.10.85.01.10.10.0

TFL is not recorded for 2003–2011. QB Hits is not recorded for 2003–2005.

Yards allowed per game: not in the export, so the defensive table carries points allowed and the counting stats only.

How this is computed

Season totals divided by the games they were recorded over, each unit on its own. A rate the source publishes as a rate is left as one. The chart draws the regular seasons only.

Head coaches

28 seasons

4 head coaches across 28 seasons.

SeasonHead coach
2026Zac Taylor
2025Zac Taylor
2024Zac Taylor
2023Zac Taylor
2022Zac Taylor
2021Zac Taylor
2020Zac Taylor
2019Zac Taylor
2018Marvin Lewis
2017Marvin Lewis
2016Marvin Lewis
2015Marvin Lewis
2014Marvin Lewis
2013Marvin Lewis
2012Marvin Lewis
2011Marvin Lewis
2010Marvin Lewis
2009Marvin Lewis
2008Marvin Lewis
2007Marvin Lewis
2006Marvin Lewis
2005Marvin Lewis
2004Marvin Lewis
2003Marvin Lewis
2002Dick LeBeau
2001Dick LeBeau
2000Dick LeBeau
1999Bruce Coslet

In the news

467 scheduled · 456 played · 50 roster rowsLines not confirmed as closingData through week 7, 2026Generated Tue, Oct 27, 9:27 AM ET