2026 · Week 18 · Division

Scheduled

Browns

Cleveland

@

Bengals

Cincinnati

Paycor Stadium · outdoors · fieldturf

Closing spread

Total

Model margin

+15.2est.

CIN perspective

Push chance

Matchup

Where the edges are

Season-long league percentiles for both sides, mirrored. The saturated side of a lopsided row holds the edge.

Brownsedge mapBengals
  • -0.206EPA / play+0.001
  • 43.1%Success rate47.6%
  • -0.257EPA / dropback-0.030
  • -0.119EPA / rush+0.050
  • 7.8%Explosive rate11.1%
  • +10.32CPOE+6.35
  • 12.5%Third-down rate57.1%
  • 33.3%Red-zone TD rate40.0%
  • 1.11Points / drive2.11
  • 3.9%Turnover rate1.6%

Bar length is league percentile, already oriented so longer is better. The saturated side of a lopsided row holds the edge; rows within ~12 points are washed as even.

The rivalry

CIN lead 32–22 since 1999

Meetings average 42.7 points. CIN are 29-24-1 ATS in the series.

Previous meetings
SeasonMatchupScoreWinner
2025 · W18CLE @ CIN2018CLE
2025 · W1CIN @ CLE1716CIN
2024 · W16CLE @ CIN624CIN
2024 · W7CIN @ CLE2114CIN
2023 · W18CLE @ CIN1431CIN
2023 · W1CIN @ CLE324CLE
2022 · W14CLE @ CIN1023CIN
2022 · W8CIN @ CLE1332CLE

Model

Where the number comes from

Each component is additive, in points of expected margin.

  • Team ratings (opponent-adjusted EPA)+12.74
  • Home-field advantage+2.22
  • Quarterback adjustment0.00
  • Rest differential+0.24
  • Expected margin+15.20