Pittsburgh Steelers at Cincinnati Bengals

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PITSteelers6-2 · away
ATWeek 10Sun Nov 15 · 8:20 PM ET
CINBengals5-2 · home
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PIT OFFENSEwhat it does

The red marker slides toward the unit with the better league rank. The farther from the middle, the bigger the rank gap.

CIN DEFENSEwhat it allows
Overall
−0.011
21st
EPA / play
CIN defense by 6 places
−0.001
15thallowed
42.8%
19th
Success rate
Even · 3 places apart
44.8%
22ndallowed
Passing
−0.072
28th
Pass EPA / play
CIN defense by 15 places · clear edge
+0.038
13thallowed
41.8%
26th
Pass success rate
Weakness on weakness · same rank
49.7%
26thallowed
7.1%
19th
Explosive pass rate
Even · same rank
8.0%
19thallowed
7.3%
21st
Sack rate
CIN defense by 18 places · clear edge
8.7%
3rdmade
Rushing
+0.102
1st
Rush EPA / play
PIT offense by 21 places · clear edge
−0.074
22ndallowed
44.5%
4th
Run success rate
Strength on strength · 2 places apart
35.8%
6thallowed
12.6%
9th
Explosive run rate
PIT offense by 21 places · clear edge
14.8%
30thallowed
16.9%
12th
Stuff rate
CIN defense by 11 places
25.3%
1stmade
Turnovers
8.9%
T-10th
Turnovers
CIN defense by 5 places
14.7%
5thtakeaways
Downs
+0.001
19th
Early downs EPA (1st–2nd)
CIN defense by 8 places
−0.029
11thallowed
−0.052
18th
Late downs EPA (3rd–4th)
Even · 1 place apart
+0.070
19thallowed

SHAPE VS SHAPE

PIT offense over CIN defense

Explosive pass19th v 19thPass success26th v 26thSacks21st v 3rdTurnoversT-10th v 5thStuffs12th v 1stRun success4th v 6thExplosive run9th v 30th
  • PIT offense
  • CIN defense
  • middle of the league

Of the 7 spokes: offense is 5+ places higher on 1, defense on 3, 3 within 4 places.

Both shapes are drawn by league rank, so the outer ring is 1st on every spoke and the grey ring is the middle of the league. Where the solid shape reaches past the dashed one, the offense ranks higher. Each label shows offense rank v defense rank.

MAIN PLAYERS

Pittsburgh Steelers
QBPIT
Aaron Rodgers
EPA / dropback
−0.10
CPOE
−1.9
Pass yards
1,871
TD–INT
13-6
RBPIT
Jaylen Warren
Carries
119
Rush yards
704
EPA / carry
+0.13
Success
47.9%
RBPIT
Rico Dowdle
Carries
46
Rush yards
174
EPA / carry
−0.07
Success
32.6%
WRPIT
DK Metcalf
Targets
64
Rec yards
378
TD
1
EPA / target
−0.03
WRPIT
Germie Bernard
Targets
42
Rec yards
284
TD
1
EPA / target
−0.02
TEPIT
Pat Freiermuth
Targets
35
Rec yards
235
TD
4
EPA / target
+0.23
TEPIT
Darnell Washington
Targets
28
Rec yards
254
TD
3
EPA / target
+0.30
Cincinnati Bengals
QBCIN
Joe Burrow
EPA / dropback
+0.24
CPOE
+9.0
Pass yards
2,115
TD–INT
20-6
RBCIN
Chase Brown
Carries
94
Rush yards
340
EPA / carry
−0.17
Success
37.2%
RBCIN
Samaje Perine
Carries
35
Rush yards
136
EPA / carry
−0.06
Success
45.7%
WRCIN
Tee Higgins
Targets
61
Rec yards
726
TD
4
EPA / target
+0.87
WRCIN
Ja'Marr Chase
Targets
61
Rec yards
492
TD
6
EPA / target
+0.46
TECIN
Mike Gesicki
Targets
24
Rec yards
241
TD
6
EPA / target
+0.79
WRCIN
Dohnte Meyers
Targets
23
Rec yards
175
TD
0
EPA / target
+0.12

Every rank is among all 32 teams in 2026, through Week 8 (PIT has played 8 games, CIN 7). A defense is ranked on what its opponents did, so allowing less ranks higher; for sacks, takeaways and stuffs, making more ranks higher.

Tied teams share a place here, as on the team radars (T-7th and T-7th, then 9th). The Team Stats table numbers its rows one by one, so a tied team can carry a different number there.

An edge only compares two season ranks: defense rank minus offense rank. 0 to 4 places apart is called even, 5 to 12 a lean, 13 or more a clear edge. It is not a prediction and not a win probability.

These numbers add up every game’s box score, the same play filter as Team Stats and the team radars. A team’s EPA/play here can differ from the figure in its team page header and on Team Tiers, which count plays differently.

Every rate adds up the team’s box scores for the season. A pass play is any dropback, including sacks and scrambles. QB scrambles of 10+ yards count as explosive runs but not as designed runs, so a team with long scrambles can run high on Explosive run.

Stuff rate leaves out kneel-downs, two-point tries and runs wiped out by a penalty; Run success and Explosive run keep two-point tries and penalty-wiped runs, as the Team Stats page does.

Explosive plays are completions of 20+ yards and runs of 10+ (QB scrambles count as runs). The rush explosive rate divides by designed runs only, so a team with long scrambles can run high.

Sacks ÷ (pass attempts + sacks) · Turnovers ÷ drives · Runs for no gain or a loss ÷ designed runs

Players: the quarterback with the most dropbacks, the two backs with the most carries and the four wide receivers or tight ends with the most targets. A traded player is listed with the team he has played most for. Names open the player page.