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Buffalo Bills vs Cincinnati Bengals

Real survivor-pool comparison built on the same validated tables the team pages use — de-vigged market win probability and equity, spreads and totals, ELO ranks, defense vs position, charted scheme tendencies, recent form and current injuries. Green marks the better league rank.

Week 1 verdict

Bengals is the better survivor pick this week

Bengals score 0.440 equity (64.4% win probability) against Bills at 0.389 — a real gap of 0.050.

BUF team page →CIN team page →

This week

2026 week 1 · de-vigged consensus from live_game_lines + equity_scores

@ HOUOpponentvs TB

52.8%Win prob64.4%

0.389Equity score0.440

−1.5Spread11/11 books−3.5

45.0Game total50.5

▼ 0.008Equity trendsince previous stored snapshot▲ 0.004

Season series

2026 scheduled meetings

These two teams are not scheduled to meet this season.

All-time series: 15 meetings · BUF 9 — CIN 6. See the full head-to-head history →

Power rating & record

elo through 2025 · week 1

1601.7ELO rating1474.0

#2ELO rank#22

12-5Record6-11

AFC EastDivisionAFC North

#2Division rank#3

L 3 · W +3 · W +27 · L 1 · W +3Last 5newest firstL 2 · W +23 · W +24 · L 24 · L 5

Defense vs position

ppr allowed per game · 2025 through week 18 · lower rank = tougher

13.1 · #4vs QB18.4 · #26

24.4 · #25vs RB28.6 · #32

26.5 · #5vs WR25.3 · #2

—vs TE20.9 · #31

Pass rush & primetime — descriptive only

tested and published as flat: neither predicts survivor outcomes beyond the market

1.95 (2025)Sacks / game2 (2025)

7.84Pressures / game7.12

22-13Primetime record2021–2025 standalone windows16-10

Both of these are context, not edge. Our own tests found DL strength (finding #10) and primetime risk (finding #11) statistically flat once the market price is accounted for.

Scheme tendencies — offense

ftn charting · 2025 season · rank 1 = highest rate

50.2% · #6Pre-snap motion42.1% · #20

11.6% · #13Play action8.5% · #30

5.4% · #13RPO7.3% · #6

4.4% · #9Screen pass3.3% · #19

4.7% · #22No huddle2.5% · #31

42.6% · #29Shotgun67.0% · #3

Scheme tendencies — defense

nflverse participation · 2025 season

31.3% · #17Man coverage36.6% · #11

26.4% · #20Blitz (5+ rushers)17.6% · #32

34.2% · #2Pressure29.4% · #22

BUF scheme profile →CIN scheme profile →

Injury report

2026 week 1 · nflverse + highlightly

Buffalo Bills

Baylon SpectorLinebackerInjured Reserve
Brad RobbinsPunterQuestionable
Brandin CooksWide ReceiverOut
Cam LewisCornerbackQuestionable
Chase LundtOffensive TackleOut
Christian BenfordCornerbackOut
Cole BishopSafetyQuestionable
Curtis SamuelWide ReceiverOut
Daequan HardyCornerbackQuestionable
Dalton KincaidTight EndOut
DaQuan JonesDefensive TackleQuestionable
Darnell SavageSafetyOut

Cincinnati Bengals

Amarius MimsOffensive TackleQuestionable
B.J. HillDefensive TackleQuestionable
Cam GrandyTight EndQuestionable
Cam SampleDefensive EndOut
Cam Taylor-BrittCornerbackQuestionable
Cedric JohnsonDefensive EndQuestionable
Charlie JonesWide ReceiverOut
Cordell VolsonGuardOut
Dalton RisnerGuardQuestionable
DJ Turner IICornerbackQuestionable
Drew SampleTight EndQuestionable
Dylan FairchildGuardOut

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