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Cincinnati Bengals vs Dallas Cowboys

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 Cowboys at 0.426 — a real gap of 0.013.

CIN team page →DAL team page →

This week

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

vs TBOpponent@ NYG

64.4%Win prob59.3%

0.440Equity score0.426

−3.5Spread11/11 books−3.0

50.5Game total48.0

▲ 0.004Equity trendsince previous stored snapshot▼ 0.001

Season series

2026 scheduled meetings

These two teams are not scheduled to meet this season.

All-time series: 8 meetings · CIN 2 — DAL 6. See the full head-to-head history →

Power rating & record

elo through 2025 · week 1

1474.0ELO rating1485.3

#22ELO rank#19

6-11Record7-9-1

AFC NorthDivisionNFC East

#3Division rank#2

L 2 · W +23 · W +24 · L 24 · L 5Last 5newest firstL 17 · W +7 · L 17 · L 8 · L 14

Defense vs position

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

18.4 · #26vs QB23.3 · #32

28.6 · #32vs RB25.7 · #28

25.3 · #2vs WR39.3 · #32

20.9 · #31vs TE12.3 · #12

Pass rush & primetime — descriptive only

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

2 (2025)Sacks / game2 (2025)

7.12Pressures / game10.76

16-10Primetime record2021–2025 standalone windows24-13-1

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

42.1% · #20Pre-snap motion47.1% · #11

8.5% · #30Play action13.0% · #5

7.3% · #6RPO4.1% · #18

3.3% · #19Screen pass2.7% · #27

2.5% · #31No huddle7.8% · #11

67.0% · #3Shotgun51.7% · #22

Scheme tendencies — defense

nflverse participation · 2025 season

36.6% · #11Man coverage26.0% · #25

17.6% · #32Blitz (5+ rushers)28.4% · #12

29.4% · #22Pressure31.8% · #11

CIN scheme profile →DAL scheme profile →

Injury report

2026 week 1 · nflverse + highlightly

Cincinnati Bengals

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

Dallas Cowboys

Ajani CorneliusTLimited Participation in Practice
Alijah ClarkSafetyOut
Bruce HarmonCornerbackQuestionable
Caelen CarsonCornerbackOut
CeeDee LambWide ReceiverOut
Christian MatthewCornerbackQuestionable
Cooper BeebeCenterQuestionable
DeMarvion OvershownLinebackerQuestionable
Donovan WilsonSafetyQuestionable
Earnest Brown IVDefensive EndQuestionable
Hakeem AdenijiOffensive TackleOut
Jack SanbornLinebackerOut

Relevant to this matchup

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