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Cincinnati Bengals vs New York Giants

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 0.443 equity (64.7% win probability) against Giants at 0.324 — a real gap of 0.120.

CIN team page →NYG team page →

This week

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

vs TBOpponentvs DAL

64.7%Win prob40.7%

0.443Equity score0.324

−3.5Spread11/11 books+3.0

50.5Game total48.0

= 0.000Equity trendsince previous stored snapshot= 0.000

Season series

2026 scheduled meetings

These two teams are not scheduled to meet this season.

All-time series: 6 meetings · CIN 3 — NYG 3. See the full head-to-head history →

Power rating & record

elo through 2025 · week 1

1474.0ELO rating1390.8

#22ELO rank#28

6-11Record4-13

AFC NorthDivisionNFC East

#3Division rank#4

L 2 · W +23 · W +24 · L 24 · L 5Last 5newest firstW +17 · W +24 · L 3 · L 8 · L 18

Defense vs position

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

18.4 · #26vs QB18.3 · #25

28.6 · #32vs RB25.8 · #29

25.3 · #2vs WR33.7 · #24

20.9 · #31vs TE11.4 · #8

Pass rush & primetime — descriptive only

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

2 (2025)Sacks / game2.24 (2025)

7.12Pressures / game8.41

16-10Primetime record2021–2025 standalone windows3-18

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 motion30.8% · #32

8.5% · #30Play action10.8% · #18

7.3% · #6RPO9.3% · #2

3.3% · #19Screen pass3.1% · #20

2.5% · #31No huddle17.4% · #3

67.0% · #3Shotgun64.8% · #6

Scheme tendencies — defense

nflverse participation · 2025 season

36.6% · #11Man coverage40.3% · #7

17.6% · #32Blitz (5+ rushers)30.5% · #9

29.4% · #22Pressure30.2% · #17

CIN scheme profile →NYG 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

New York Giants

Andrew ThomasTFull Participation in Practice
Anthony Johnson Jr.SafetyOut
Art GreenCornerbackQuestionable
Bryan HudsonCFull Participation in Practice
Bryce Ford-WheatonWide ReceiverInjured Reserve
Cam SkatteboRunning BackOut
Chris BoardLinebackerQuestionable
Cor'Dale FlottCornerbackOut
Daniel BellingerTight EndQuestionable
Dante MillerRunning BackOut
Darius AlexanderDefensive TackleOut
Darius MuasauLinebackerQuestionable

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