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Cincinnati Bengals @ Houston Texans Built from free public data (nflverse schedules + Pro-Football-Reference season stats) · not paid data

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CINCINNATI BENGALS
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HOUSTON TEXANS
100 0 100 30 56 VERDICT GRIDEDGE™ SCORES
CIN's offense (23rd in rushing) draws HOU's #8 rush defense. HOU rates the 26-point edge.
Using 2026 season-end stats until 2026 has enough games played.

Rushing Matchup

Offense (Yds/Att) vs. Defense (Yds/Att Allowed)
Off
CIN #24  |  HOU #5
Def
Def
CIN #30  |  HOU #30
Off

Passing Matchup

Offense (Net Yds/Att) vs. Defense (Net Yds/Att Allowed)
Off
CIN #20  |  HOU #12
Def
Def
CIN #26  |  HOU #14
Off

O-Line Proxy (Free-Data)

O-Line Score (Rush Y/A + Net Pass Y/A rank blend)
CIN 33  |  HOU 33

Last 3 Meetings

2023-11-12
HOU 30–CIN 27
2020-12-27
CIN 37–HOU 31
2017-09-14
HOU 13–CIN 9
HOU −3.0  ·  O/U 45.5  ·  CIN +3.0
Placeholder — free nflverse closing line, not a live sportsbook feed. Must be 21+ to bet where legal.
Data sources: team schedules, results & closing spreads from the nflverse nfldata project; season splits and league ranks from Pro-Football-Reference — all free, no paid odds API required.
O-Line Score is a proxy: it blends each team's league rank in Rush Yds/Att and Net Pass Yds/Att, rescaled to 0–100. Offense Edge blends each team's rush + pass ranks against the opponent's matching defensive ranks into one 0–100 favorability score, where 50 is neutral.