2026 · Week 18 · Division

Scheduled

Browns

Cleveland

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Bengals

Cincinnati

Paycor Stadium · outdoors · fieldturf

Closing spread

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Total

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Model margin

+3.6est.

CIN perspective

Push chance

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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
  • -0.040EPA / play+0.108
  • 42.7%Success rate48.7%
  • +0.039EPA / dropback+0.206
  • -0.175EPA / rush-0.087
  • 7.8%Explosive rate7.8%
  • -1.22CPOE+7.31
  • 32.8%Third-down rate50.7%
  • 59.3%Red-zone TD rate64.8%
  • 1.65Points / drive2.52
  • 1.8%Turnover rate1.4%

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 @ CIN20–18CLE
2025 · W1CIN @ CLE17–16CIN
2024 · W16CLE @ CIN6–24CIN
2024 · W7CIN @ CLE21–14CIN
2023 · W18CLE @ CIN14–31CIN
2023 · W1CIN @ CLE3–24CLE
2022 · W14CLE @ CIN10–23CIN
2022 · W8CIN @ CLE13–32CLE

Model

Where the number comes from

Each component is additive, in points of expected margin.

  • Team ratings (opponent-adjusted EPA)+1.18
  • Home-field advantage+2.22
  • Quarterback adjustment0.00
  • Rest differential+0.24
  • Expected margin+3.64