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Week 8 · 2026-11-01 · 13:00 · Paycor Stadium (outdoors) · fieldturf
Last 5 yrs H2H: TEN 13 CIN
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

TEN OFFENSE vs CIN DEFENSE
CIN DEFENSE TEN OFFENSE CB S S CB LB LB LB DE DT DT DE WR WR LT LG C RG RT TE WR QB RB
Balanced · 37% run Ball-control
CIN OFFENSE vs TEN DEFENSE
TEN 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
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

TEN OFFENSE vs CIN DEFENSE
-0.22 #31 Pass attack even #28 +0.16
-0.06 #27 Run game even #29 +0.09
191 #29 Pass yards even #25 246
93 #30 Rush yards even #32 147
3.3 #27 Pass pro vs rush even #23 2.0
32% #32 3rd down even #27 44%
61% #20 Red zone even #26 69%
CIN OFFENSE vs TEN DEFENSE
-0.03 #23 Pass attack even #29 +0.17
+0.02 #8 Run game OFF +15 #23 +0.01
250 #7 Pass yards OFF +19 #26 248
94 #29 Rush yards DEF +14 #15 115
2.1 #14 Pass pro vs rush even #14 2.5
44% #5 3rd down OFF +16 #21 42%
76% #1 Red zone OFF +29 #30 71%
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

TEN PASS RUSH vs CIN PASS PRO
Jeffery Simmons DT 11.0 sacks '25
John Franklin-Myers DE 7.5 sacks '25
Jacob Martin DE 5.5 sacks '25
2.1 #14 sacks allowed /g #23 2.5
CIN PASS RUSH vs TEN PASS PRO
Myles Murphy DE 5.5 sacks '25
B.J. Hill DE 4.0 sacks '25
Jonathan Allen DE 3.5 sacks '25
3.3 #27 sacks allowed /g #14 2.0
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

TEN

Cam Ward QB vs #28 PASS D 186.4 pass y/g 5/10
Tony Pollard RB vs #29 RUN D 63.6 rush y/g 4/10
Carnell Tate WR1 vs #28 PASS D rec y/g
Wan'Dale Robinson WR2 2025: NYG vs #28 PASS D 63.4 rec y/g 3/10
Calvin Ridley WR3 vs #28 PASS D 43.3 rec y/g 2/7
Gunnar Helm TE vs #28 PASS D 22.3 rec y/g 6/10

CIN

Joe Burrow QB vs #29 PASS D 226.1 pass y/g 5/8
Chase Brown RB vs #23 RUN D 59.9 rush y/g 7/10
Ja'Marr Chase WR1 vs #29 PASS D 88.2 rec y/g 7/10
Tee Higgins WR2 vs #29 PASS D 56.4 rec y/g 7/10
Andrei Iosivas WR3 vs #29 PASS D 29.0 rec y/g 4/10
Mike Gesicki TE vs #29 PASS D 25.6 rec y/g 4/10
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.