Cincinnati Bengals

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CIN @ BAL

Week 7, 2026 · 2026-10-25 · 1:00 PM ET

BAL -3

O/U 50.5 · ML +130/-155

M&T Bank Stadium: Clear, 46°F, wind 3 mph

Storylines

Ted Karras grades out as CIN's best

Ted Karras (G) is at 79 out of 100 through week 6 of 2026. That score compares him with everyone else at his position — an 84 would mean better than 84% of them — and it comes from charted play, not raw totals.

Where They Stand

Overall: Grade 55, 17th of 32 — around the middle of the pack.

Strengths: quarterbacks (4th) and offensive line (4th).

Coaching: Zac Taylor lands about where his rosters' grades say he should, over 121 games, 16th in the league.

Defense — better on paper: The defense's players grade 58 out of 100, but on the field that side has played better than 14% of the league.

This season: 3-2. Last time out, they beat Miami Dolphins 31-24.

Since preseason: Up 3.4 points since the preseason, mostly because its offense played better than before (better than 48% of the league, now better than 64%) and its defense players graded up (Boye Mafe +22 and Dexter Lawrence +8).

Written from this club's own numbers: its grade, the offense, defense, special teams and coach that make it up, its last games, its division, and its depth chart. Which facts show up depends on where this club is unusual, so no two teams get the same summary. The site builds the sentences from those numbers. A chatbot does not write them.

Injury Report

No injury report published yet for Week 7. Reports are filed during game week — nothing is invented in the meantime.

BAL — Last 10 Games

6-4 their last 10

How BAL have actually been playing lately, not their history in this matchup.

2026 wk6 vs CLE10–13
2026 wk5 vs ATL30–23
2026 wk4 vs TEN24–18
2026 wk3 vs DAL34–31
2026 wk2 vs NO17–24
2026 wk1 vs IND41–23
2025 wk18 vs PIT24–26
2025 wk17 vs GB41–24
2025 wk16 vs NE24–28
2025 wk15 vs CIN24–0

CIN vs BAL — Last 10 Meetings

4-6 last 10

2025 wk15BAL 24 – 0 CIN
2025 wk13CIN 32 – 14 BAL
2024 wk10CIN 34 – 35 BAL
2024 wk5BAL 41 – 38 CIN
2023 wk11CIN 20 – 34 BAL
2023 wk2BAL 27 – 24 CIN
2022 wk19BAL 17 – 24 CIN
2022 wk18BAL 16 – 27 CIN
2022 wk5CIN 17 – 19 BAL
2021 wk16BAL 21 – 41 CIN

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Season at a Glance

2026 Record

3-2

From completed real game results.

Team Grade

17 of 32, from offense, defense, special teams and coaching.

Injuries Reported

No report filed for this week yet.

From the Record Book

On this day in 2014: Bengals lost to IND 0-272014-10-19 · away
On this day in 2008: Bengals lost to PIT 10-382008-10-19 · home
Bengals are 25-30 vs BAL since 1999Real record from completed games in this database.
Widest margin vs BAL: 0-37 in 200037-point difference.

BAL	4-2	67%
CLE	4-2	67%
PIT	4-2	67%
CIN	3-2	60%

1	vs TB	W 33-27
2	@ HOU	W 20-6
3	@ PIT	L 27-30
4	vs JAX	L 17-22
5	@ MIA	W 31-24
7	@ BAL	2026-10-25
8	vs TEN	2026-11-01
9	@ ATL	2026-11-08
10	vs PIT	2026-11-15
11	@ WAS	2026-11-23
12	vs NO	2026-11-29
13	@ CLE	2026-12-06
14	vs KC	2026-12-13
15	@ CAR	2026-12-20
16	@ IND	2026-12-27
17	vs BAL	2026-12-31
18	vs CLE	2027-01-10