Cincinnati Bengals
Team/HC Zac Taylor

Cincinnati Bengals

3-2 · 25.6 points for, 21.8 against a game · bye Week 6
01

Week 6

Bye in Week 6. Next: Week 7 at Baltimore Ravens, Oct 25.

02

Offense

Through W5
Points/game
25.6
10th of 32
EPA/play
0.072
10th of 32
Success rate
47.1%
8th of 32
Explosive rate
8.4%
21st of 32
Third-down rate
51.9%
2nd of 32
Red-zone trips/g
3.4
13th of 32
Red-zone TD rate
52.9%
23rd of 32
Turnovers/game
1.0
12th of 32
Sacks allowed/g
1.8
7th of 32
Plays/game
61.6
14th of 32 (1 = most)

Play stylerank 1 = most

Sec/play neutral
33.2
27th of 32 (1 = fastest)
Pass rate vs exp
+3.5%
1st most of 32
Neutral pass %
64.5%
3rd most of 32
Pass % trailing
85.2%
3rd most of 32
Pass % leading
53.2%
7th most of 32
Motion rate
51.9%
24th most of 32
Play-action rate
16.7%
31st most of 32
Screen rate
5.8%
9th most of 32
RPO rate
9.9%
2nd most of 32

2026 through Week 5. Rank among the 32 offenses (1 = best unless noted). Tap a tile for the full name.

Quarterback

Joe Burrow20.2pts/g
5 g · 1,361 yds · 11 TD · 3 INT · 189 att
+0.14 EPA/dropback · CPOE +5.8 · 15-48 rushing, 1 TD
03

Who gets the ball

Target treeshare of team targets

Tee Higgins WR22.4%43 tgt
Ja'Marr Chase WR22.2%38 tgt
Chase Brown RB14.6%28 tgt
Mitchell Tinsley WR13.2%7 tgt
Mike Gesicki TE11.2%17 tgt
Erick All TE9.7%6 tgt
Dohnte Meyers WR8.6%18 tgt
Drew Sample TE5.8%6 tgt
WRTERB
Tee HigginsJa'Marr ChaseChase Brown
0%10%20%30%40%W1W2W3W4W532%13%13%

Backfieldshare of team carries

Chase Brown RB62.3%71 car
Samaje Perine RB23.7%27 car
Joe Burrow QB13.2%15 car

Chase Brown: 80% of carries inside the 5 · Joe Burrow: 20% of carries inside the 5

Chase BrownSamaje Perine
0%25%50%75%100%W1W2W3W4W545%42%
04

Game log

W5
@ MIA
Pass 53% PROE +3.7 61 plays implied 25.8
Burrow 190 yds, 4 TD Perine 14-68 Chase 6-77 Hudson 14 yds
W
31-24
W4
vs JAX
Pass 79% PROE +5.5 71 plays implied 27.0
Burrow 428 yds, 1 TD Brown 9-10 Higgins 11-157 Gesicki 40 yds
L
17-22
W3
@ PIT
Pass 68% PROE +1.5 56 plays implied 23.0
Burrow 282 yds, 3 TD Brown 13-61 Chase 9-98 Gesicki 37 yds
L
27-30
W2
@ HOU
Pass 62% PROE +3.3 58 plays implied 21.3
Burrow 207 yds, 2 TD Brown 20-80 Higgins 5-95 All 5 yds
W
20-6
W1
vs TB
Pass 58% PROE +3.4 62 plays implied 27.0
Burrow 254 yds, 1 TD Brown 16-56 Higgins 3-59 Gesicki 78 yds
W
33-27

Newest first. Pass rate with pass rate over expected (PROE), plays and the implied team total before the game. Leaders: passing, top rusher, top WR and TE by targets.

05

Defense

Fantasy points allowedPPR, by position and week

AvgW1W2W3W4W5
QB16.7#1711.617.022.713.118.9
RB18.6#823.112.920.620.615.9
WR29.3#1025.824.142.424.229.9
TE16.6#255.631.416.019.011.2

Rank = the 32 defenses on PPR points allowed to that position a game (1 = stingiest, 32 = softest). Colors compare each week to every defense that week.

Where they give it upby depth and side

#11
23.2 receiving fantasy points a game allowed to WRs overall (1 = stingiest, 32 = softest).
Left
Middle
Right
Deep 20+
3.3#26
0.0#1
1.8#11
Middle 10–19
1.5#9
4.4#27
1.0#4
Short 0–9
3.6#15
2.3#19
4.7#21
Behind line
0.3#7
0.0#1
0.3#6
StingySoft

Big number: points a game this defense allows to that position in the zone; # = its rank of 32. Depth is air yards at the catch point. 5 games, through Week 5. Tap a zone for the detail.

Defense numbersrank 1 = best

Points allowed/g
21.8
10th of 32
EPA/play allowed
-0.015
16th of 32
Success allowed
43.7%
18th of 32
Big plays allowed
12.8%
32nd of 32
RZ TD% allowed
41.2%
3rd of 32
Sacks/game
3.4
3rd of 32
Sack or hit rate
17.1%
11th of 32
Blitz rate
16.1%
32nd most of 32
Coverage and pressure
Blitz rate
8%
32nd most · 2026
Pass rushers
4.16
per dropback, 2026
Men in the box
6.3
25th most · 2026
Man coverage
37%
11th most · 2025
Pressure rate
29%
22nd most · 2025

2025 shells: Cover 3 32%, Cover 1 26%, Cover 2 20%, Cover 0 6%. Man/zone and shells are charted after the season, so 2025 is the latest. 2026 front from FTN charting through Week 5.

06

Schedule

P / R = the opponent's rank against the pass and the run (EPA, 1 = best defense, 32 = worst). Color = the average of the two: green is the softer schedule. Gold underline = fantasy playoffs.

07

Depth & injuries

Team note · Oct 13

On bye in Week 6. WR Ja'Marr Chase cleared concussion protocol and played Week 5.

QB
RB
WR
TE

Depth chart as of Oct 14, 2026. Changes since Oct 8: Jack Endries new at TE4; Tanner Hudson off the top of the TE chart.

Injury reportWeek 6, official

No QB, RB, WR or TE on the Week 6 report.

Sleeper designations (Oct 10)
IR (Thumb)
Questionable (Concussion)
Questionable (Groin)
Questionable (Knee)
08

Players

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