AFC North · 2023

Cincinnati Bengals

Record

9-8

Net EPA

-0.028est.

Efficiency

How this team plays

Percentile against the teams that played this season, computed from play-by-play.

Offence

Higher is better.

EPA / play+0.001
Success rate44.4%
EPA / dropback+0.050
EPA / rush-0.103
Explosive rate7.8%
CPOE+2.09
Third-down rate38.3%
Red-zone TD rate62.2%
Points / drive1.91
Turnover rate1.5%

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Defence

Oriented so that further right is always better.

EPA / play allowed+0.030
Success rate allowed45.9%
EPA / dropback allowed+0.074
EPA / rush allowed-0.042
Explosive rate allowed10.5%
Pressure rate (proxy)21.9%
Sack rate6.5%
Points / drive allowed1.98

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Offensive EPA / play — league shape+0.001 · 61th %ile

Defensive EPA / play allowed — league shape (left is better)+0.030 · 83th %ile

Form

The shape of the season

Rolling four-week EPA per play. The aggregate hides collapses and surges; this shows them.

4-week rolling EPA/play — up is good for both lines.

Offense
Defense (prevented)

Betting profile

Against the number

Settled against closing lines. Descriptive, not predictive.

ATS

7-8-2

-1.8 vs line

Home

4-3-2

Away

3-5

As favorite

5-5-2

As dog

2-3

O/U

10-7

+0.4 vs total

Roster

74 players

48 active. Skill players link through to their fantasy page.

Quarterbacks4

Quarterbacks
#	Player	Pos	Age	Ht/Wt	Exp	College	St
4	AJ McCarron	QB	34	6'3" 220	9	Alabama	ACT
6	Jake Browning	QB	27	6'2" 209	4	Washington	ACT
7	Drew Plitt	QB	25	6'2" 217	1	Ball State	DEV
9	Joe Burrow	QB	28	6'4" 216	3	Louisiana State	RES

Backs & receivers19

Backs & receivers
#	Player	Pos	Age	Ht/Wt	Exp	College	St
1	Ja'Marr Chase	WR	23	6'0" 200	2	Louisiana State	ACT
5	Tee Higgins	WR	24	6'4" 210	3	Clemson	INA
12	Shedrick Jackson	WR	25	6'1" 202	R	Auburn	DEV
14	Kendric Pryor	WR	25	5'11" 189	1	Wisconsin	DEV
15	Charlie Jones	WR	26	6'0" 188	R	Purdue	ACT
16	Trenton Irwin	WR	29	6'2" 207	4	Stanford	ACT
17	Stanley Morgan	WR	28	6'0" 205	4	Nebraska	ACT
18	Kwamie Lassiter	WR	25	5'11" 175	1	Kansas	DEV
25	Chris Evans	RB	27	5'11" 216	2	Michigan	INA
28	Joe Mixon	RB	27	6'1" 220	6	Oklahoma	ACT
30	Chase Brown	RB	23	5'9" 205	R	Illinois	ACT
32	Trayveon Williams	RB	27	5'8" 206	4	Texas A&M	ACT
34	Demetric Felton	RB	25	5'9" 185	2	UCLA	DEV
80	Andrei Iosivas	WR	25	6'3" 200	R	Princeton	ACT
81	Irv Smith	TE	25	6'2" 240	4	Alabama	INA
83	Tyler Boyd	WR	30	6'2" 203	7	Pittsburgh	ACT
84	Mitchell Wilcox	TE	28	6'4" 245	3	South Florida	ACT
87	Tanner Hudson	TE	30	6'5" 239	5	Southern Arkansas	ACT
89	Drew Sample	TE	27	6'5" 259	4	Washington	ACT

Offensive line13

Offensive line
#	Player	Pos	Age	Ht/Wt	Exp	College	St
60	Jaxson Kirkland	OL	25	6'7" 340	R	Washington	DEV
61	Cody Ford	OL	28	6'3" 329	4	Oklahoma	ACT
63	Trey Hill	OL	23	6'4" 330	2	Georgia	INA
64	Ted Karras	OL	30	6'4" 305	7	Illinois	ACT
65	Alex Cappa	OL	28	6'6" 305	5	Humboldt State	ACT
66	Nathan Gilliam	OL	26	6'5" 300	3	Wake Forest	DEV
67	Cordell Volson	OL	25	6'6" 310	1	North Dakota State	ACT
70	D'Ante Smith	OL	25	6'5" 274	2	East Carolina	INA
73	Jonah Williams	OL	27	6'5" 305	4	Alabama	ACT
74	Max Scharping	OL	27	6'6" 325	4	Northern Illinois	ACT
75	Orlando Brown	OL	27	6'8" 345	5	Oklahoma	ACT
76	Devin Cochran	OL	25	6'7" 314	1	Georgia Tech	RES
79	Jackson Carman	OL	23	6'5" 345	2	Clemson	ACT

Defensive front22

Defensive front
#	Player	Pos	Age	Ht/Wt	Exp	College	St
44	Clay Johnston	LB	27	6'1" 232	3	Baylor	DEV
49	Joe Bachie	LB	25	6'2" 235	3	Michigan State	ACT
50	Shaka Heyward	LB	23	6'3" 220	R	Duke	DEV
51	Markus Bailey	LB	26	6'1" 240	3	Purdue	ACT
55	Logan Wilson	LB	27	6'2" 250	3	Wyoming	ACT
56	Devin Harper	LB	25	6'0" 238	1	Oklahoma State	ACT
57	Germaine Pratt	LB	27	6'3" 245	4	North Carolina State	ACT
58	Joseph Ossai	DL	23	6'4" 253	2	Texas	ACT
59	Akeem Davis-Gaither	LB	27	6'2" 215	3	Appalachian State	ACT
68	Josh Tupou	DL	29	6'3" 345	6	Colorado	ACT
69	Devonnsha Maxwell	DL	24	6'2" 296	R	Chattanooga	RES
72	Domenique Davis	DL	27	6'2" 315	3	North Carolina at Pembroke	DEV
90	Travis Bell	DL	26	6'0" 305	R	Kennesaw State	INA
91	Trey Hendrickson	DL	30	6'4" 270	6	Florida Atlantic	ACT
92	B.J. Hill	DL	28	6'3" 311	5	North Carolina State	ACT
93	Jeff Gunter	DL	24	6'4" 260	1	Coastal Carolina	DEV
94	Sam Hubbard	DL	28	6'5" 265	5	Ohio State	ACT
95	Zach Carter	DL	24	6'4" 290	1	Florida	ACT
96	Cam Sample	DL	25	6'3" 280	2	Tulane	ACT
97	Jay Tufele	DL	24	6'3" 305	2	Southern California	ACT
98	D.J. Reader	DL	29	6'3" 347	7	Clemson	RES
99	Myles Murphy	DL	21	6'5" 275	R	Clemson	ACT

Secondary13

Secondary
#	Player	Pos	Age	Ht/Wt	Exp	College	St
20	D.J. Turner	DB	24	6'0" 181	R	Michigan	ACT
21	Mike Hilton	DB	29	5'9" 184	7	Mississippi	ACT
22	Chidobe Awuzie	DB	28	6'0" 202	6	Colorado	INA
23	Dax Hill	DB	24	6'0" 192	1	Michigan	ACT
24	Sidney Jones	DB	27	6'0" 181	6	Washington	ACT
26	Tycen Anderson	DB	24	6'2" 200	1	Toledo	RES
27	Jordan Battle	DB	24	6'1" 206	R	Alabama	ACT
29	Cam Taylor-Britt	DB	25	5'11" 205	1	Nebraska	ACT
31	Michael Thomas	DB	33	5'11" 195	11	Stanford	DEV
33	Nick Scott	DB	28	5'11" 200	4	Penn State	ACT
35	Jalen Davis	DB	27	5'10" 185	5	Utah State	ACT
38	D.J. Ivey	DB	23	6'1" 195	R	Miami	RES
42	Allan George	DB	24	5'11" 195	1	Vanderbilt	DEV

Specialists3

Specialists
#	Player	Pos	Age	Ht/Wt	Exp	College	St
2	Evan McPherson	K	24	5'11" 185	2	Florida	ACT
10	Brad Robbins	P	26	6'1" 205	R	Michigan	ACT
48	Cal Adomitis	LS	25	6'2" 250	1	Pittsburgh	ACT

Schedule

17 games

Cincinnati Bengals schedule
Wk	Opponent	Result	Spread	EPA/play
1	@ Browns	L 3-24	-1	-0.411
2	vs Ravens	L 24-27	-3.5	+0.046
3	vs Rams	W 19-16	-3	-0.080
4	@ Titans	L 3-27	-2.5	-0.193
5	@ Cardinals	W 34-20	-3	-0.005
6	vs Seahawks	W 17-13	-3	-0.088
8	@ 49ers	W 31-17	+4	+0.250
9	vs Bills	W 24-18	-1.5	+0.185
10	vs Texans	L 27-30	-5.5	+0.030
11	@ Ravens	L 20-34	+4	+0.098
12	vs Steelers	L 10-16	+2	-0.214
13	@ Jaguars	W 34-31	+10	+0.204
14	vs Colts	W 34-14	-3	+0.081
15	vs Vikings	W 27-24	-3	+0.127
16	@ Steelers	L 11-34	-3	-0.213
17	@ Chiefs	L 17-25	+7.5	-0.006
18	vs Browns	W 31-14	-7.5	+0.008