Cincinnati Bengals

3–2 · AFC North · QB Joe Burrow
#13
1523 Team Elo
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Projected finish
10.2–6.8 expected
66% playoffs
29% division
3% first-round bye
1%
6–11
4%
7–10
10%
8–9
18%
9–8
23%
10–7
21%
11–6
14%
12–5
6%
13–4
2%
14–3
10+ wins 66% · win out <1%
Upcoming
stakes 35/100· playoff odds 79% if win, 57% if losstap to see what it moves
stakes 9/100· playoff odds 70% if win, 51% if losstap to see what it moves
stakes 18/100· playoff odds 74% if win, 57% if losstap to see what it moves
stakes 24/100· playoff odds 76% if win, 50% if losstap to see what it moves
The receipts
WkOpponentResultWin%±Rating
W1vs #21 Tampa Bay Buccaneers TB W 33–2759%+4.41515
W2@ #9 Houston Texans HOU W 20–640%+20.61536
W3@ #20 Pittsburgh Steelers PIT L 27–3059%−7.31529
W4vs #5 Jacksonville Jaguars JAX L 17–2247%−5.21523
W5@ #32 Miami Dolphins MIA W 31–2474%−0.61523
Ratingseed 1511✓ receipts = rating1523

Each game moves the rating by K × (result − expectation), where the result is scaled by margin. Start at the season seed, add every line, and you land on today's rating — exactly. Win% is the model's calibrated probability before kickoff.

Rating profile
Team Elo
1523 #13
Offense
1559 #7
↳ Quarterback
1578 #9
Defense
1497 #16

Team Elo is the board's rating, built from margins. Offense and defense are the two Factor Elos — a second model that rates points per possession — and the quarterback is a component inside offense (the ↳). They are shown as the model saw them entering week 6.

Factor Elos
Supporting cast1533
QB · Joe Burrow+20
Situation0
Offense1552 #7
Defense1506 #16

Offense and defense are rated in points per possession by a second model. Cast plus the quarterback's marginal effect plus the situational term equals offense, exactly. The situation line is non-zero only when a team is starting someone other than its established quarterback — that is a property of the team's phase, not the player, so it is kept outside his rating.

Trajectory
#7#12#16W1W3W6

Team Elo rank after each week. Bye weeks hold the previous rank.

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