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Week 5 · 2026-10-11 · 13:00 · Hard Rock Stadium (outdoors) · grass
Last 5 yrs H2H: CIN 20 MIA
Vegas line (context)
Game total O/U
Final (away–home)
MODEL is the power-ratings spine — preseason, prior-only until 2026 snaps exist. Calibrated most-likely, no proven edge vs the close; the book number is shown beside it on purpose. Not a pick.

On the Field 2025 unit strength

CIN OFFENSE vs MIA DEFENSE
MIA DEFENSE CIN OFFENSE CB S S CB LB LB LB DE DT DT DE WR WR LT LG C RG RT TE WR QB RB
Pass-heavy · 35% run Avg pace
MIA OFFENSE vs CIN DEFENSE
CIN DEFENSE MIA OFFENSE CB S S CB LB LB LB DE DT DT DE WR WR LT LG C RG RT TE WR QB RB
Balanced · 45% run Ball-control dual-threat QB
Unit strength weaker · avg · stronger
Position groups are shaded by team-unit strength (2025 pass/rush EPA, offense and defense) — not individual players. The defensive front you see is the wall this offense has to run into.

Unit Matchups 2025 · rank of 32

CIN OFFENSE vs MIA DEFENSE
-0.03 #23 Pass attack even #26 +0.13
+0.02 #8 Run game OFF +19 #27 +0.04
250 #7 Pass yards OFF +11 #18 231
94 #29 Rush yards even #26 132
2.1 #14 Pass pro vs rush even #16 2.3
44% #5 3rd down OFF +13 #18 41%
76% #1 Red zone OFF +18 #19 66%
MIA OFFENSE vs CIN DEFENSE
-0.01 #20 Pass attack OFF +8 #28 +0.16
-0.03 #21 Run game OFF +8 #29 +0.09
195 #25 Pass yards even #25 246
120 #13 Rush yards OFF +19 #32 147
2.2 #17 Pass pro vs rush even #23 2.0
35% #26 3rd down even #27 44%
64% #14 Red zone OFF +12 #26 69%
Rank gaps are where games tilt — a bottom-8 defense meeting a top-8 offense is the mismatch worth knowing about. 2025 regular-season data; EPA from play-by-play. Context, not a pick.

Pressure Matchup sacks · 2025

CIN PASS RUSH vs MIA PASS PRO
Myles Murphy DE 5.5 sacks '25
B.J. Hill DE 4.0 sacks '25
Jonathan Allen DE 3.5 sacks '25
2.2 #17 sacks allowed /g #16 2.0
MIA PASS RUSH vs CIN PASS PRO
Zach Sieler DE 5.5 sacks '25
Tyrel Dodson LB 5.0 sacks '25
Chop Robinson LB 4.0 sacks '25
2.1 #14 sacks allowed /g #23 2.3
A top pass rush against a line that already leaks sacks is where pressure rate breaks a game open — the left rank is the blocking side, the right is the rush.

Position Matchups 2025 per-game · last-10 form

CIN

Joe Burrow QB vs #26 PASS D 226.1 pass y/g 5/8
Chase Brown RB vs #27 RUN D 59.9 rush y/g 7/10
Ja'Marr Chase WR1 vs #26 PASS D 88.2 rec y/g 7/10
Tee Higgins WR2 vs #26 PASS D 56.4 rec y/g 7/10
Andrei Iosivas WR3 vs #26 PASS D 29.0 rec y/g 4/10
Mike Gesicki TE vs #26 PASS D 25.6 rec y/g 4/10

MIA

Malik Willis QB 2025: GB vs #28 PASS D 105.5 pass y/g 2/4
De'Von Achane RB vs #29 RUN D 84.4 rush y/g 4/10
Malik Washington WR1 vs #28 PASS D 18.6 rec y/g 5/10
Jalen Tolbert WR2 2025: DAL vs #28 PASS D 16.9 rec y/g 4/10
Tutu Atwell WR3 2025: LAR vs #28 PASS D 24.0 rec y/g 2/8
Greg Dulcich TE vs #28 PASS D 37.2 rec y/g 5/9
Dot strips are each player's last 10 games against his own 2025 average — form, not a prop grade; we hold no lines yet. Grey team tags mark stats earned elsewhere. No pick.