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

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CLEVELAND BROWNS
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CINCINNATI BENGALS
100 0 100 52 37 VERDICT GRIDEDGE™ SCORES
CIN's offense (20th in passing) draws CLE's #11 pass defense. CLE rates the 15-point edge.
Using 2026 season-end stats until 2026 has enough games played.

Rushing Matchup

Offense (Yds/Att) vs. Defense (Yds/Att Allowed)
Off
CLE #26  |  CIN #30
Def
Def
CLE #16  |  CIN #24
Off

Passing Matchup

Offense (Net Yds/Att) vs. Defense (Net Yds/Att Allowed)
Off
CLE #27  |  CIN #26
Def
Def
CLE #11  |  CIN #20
Off

O-Line Proxy (Free-Data)

O-Line Score (Rush Y/A + Net Pass Y/A rank blend)
CLE 20  |  CIN 34

Last 3 Meetings

2026-01-04
CLE 20–CIN 18
2025-09-07
CIN 17–CLE 16
2024-12-22
CLE 6–CIN 24
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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.