Wk 1 · 2026
Tampa Bay Buccaneers at Cincinnati Bengals — Sun, Sep 13
Sun, Sep 13 ·
Paycor Stadium, Cincinnati, OH
· FOX
Weather
No forecast yet. This one is 16 days away. Forecasts reach about 16 days ahead, so this fills in nearer the game. A seasonal average printed here would look exactly like a forecast, which is why there is not one.
NFC South · no games yet
at
1:00pET
CIN -3.5 · total 50.5 DraftKings
Ratings differential CIN by 4.4
AFC North · no games yet
What is at stake
An interconference game, NFC against AFC. It counts in both overall records — which is what seeding is settled on first — and in neither team’s division or conference record.
What the ratings imply
The differential above is arithmetic on two published numbers:
The Gridiron King’s 2026 final efficiency ratings, plus
1.7 points of home field.
It is not a projection, a value, an edge or a lean, and nothing on this site
compares it with the betting line to tell you one is better. Until 2026
games are played it is last season’s measurement of two rosters that have
been through a draft and a free-agency window since.
Efficiency · 2026 ratings
Efficiency margin
Offense
Defense
Points / game
Points allowed / game
Opponent-adjusted ratings from The Gridiron King’s 2026 final numbers. Bars share a scale within each row, so the two lengths are comparable; the brighter side is the better of the two, and a longer bar is the better number — including the rows where a lower figure is the good one. Pace is the exception: it is how fast a team plays, not how well, so neither side is lit and a longer bar there means only more plays.
Team stats
The box-score store these rows are built from has not been produced for this league yet, so no preview carries points and yards for and against. The form, trend and series blocks below are built from this site’s own files and are not affected.
Buccaneers form
No completed games on record.
Bengals form
No completed games on record.
Buccaneers this season
No graded games yet this season. Lines are captured before kickoff and graded when a game goes final, so these records start at Week 1.
Bengals this season
No graded games yet this season. Lines are captured before kickoff and graded when a game goes final, so these records start at Week 1.
Lines are captured from ESPN's board before kickoff and locked at kickoff, so an in-play price cannot overwrite the number a game is graded against.
Common opponents · 6
| Opponent | Buccaneers | Bengals |
|---|---|---|
| Browns AFC | vs Wk 2 · scheduled preview | at Wk 13 · scheduled preview |
| Steelers AFC | vs Wk 6 · scheduled preview | at Wk 3 · scheduled preview |
| Panthers NFC | at Wk 7 · scheduled preview | at Wk 15 · scheduled preview |
| Falcons NFC | vs Wk 8 · scheduled preview | N Wk 9 · scheduled preview |
| Ravens AFC | at Wk 14 · scheduled preview | at Wk 7 · scheduled preview |
| Saints NFC | vs Wk 15 · scheduled preview | vs Wk 12 · scheduled preview |
Open these two in the
comparison tool for every shared and unshared opponent.
Series history · 2006–2026
Since 2006, Bengals leads 3–2 · Bengals has won the last 3
5 meetings
in 2006–2026 · average margin
2.2 points toward Bengals
| Yr | Date | Result | Site | Won |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 2022-12-18 | Bengals 34 — 23 Buccaneers | at TB | Bengals |
| 2018 | 2018-10-28 | Buccaneers 34 — 37 Bengals | at CIN | Bengals |
| 2014 | 2014-11-30 | Bengals 14 — 13 Buccaneers | at TB | Bengals |
| 2010 | 2010-10-10 | Buccaneers 24 — 21 Bengals | at CIN | Buccaneers |
| 2006 | 2006-10-15 | Bengals 13 — 14 Buccaneers | at TB | Buccaneers |
Buccaneers leaders 2025 regular season
| Passing | Baker Mayfield QB #6 | 343/543, 3693 YDS, 26 TD, 11 INT |
| Teddy Bridgewater QB #5 | 8/15, 62 YDS | |
| Rushing | Bucky Irving RB #7 | 173 CAR, 588 YDS, 1 TD |
| Rachaad White RB #1 | 132 CAR, 572 YDS, 4 TD | |
| Baker Mayfield QB #6 | 55 CAR, 382 YDS, 1 TD | |
| Receiving | Emeka Egbuka WR #2 | 63 REC, 938 YDS, 6 TD |
| Cade Otton TE #88 | 59 REC, 572 YDS, 1 TD | |
| Sterling Shepard WR #15 | 39 REC, 371 YDS, 1 TD | |
| Mike Evans WR #5 | 30 REC, 368 YDS, 3 TD |
Defense
| Tackles | Lavonte David LB #54 | 114 |
| SirVocea Dennis LB #8 | 101 | |
| Tykee Smith S #23 | 100 | |
| Sacks | Yaya Diaby LB #0 | 7 |
| Vita Vea DT #50 | 4.5 | |
| Lavonte David LB #54 | 3.5 | |
| Interceptions | Jamel Dean CB #35 | 3 |
| Antoine Winfield Jr. S #31 | 2 | |
| Jacob Parrish CB #25 | 2 |
Bengals leaders 2025 regular season
| Passing | Joe Burrow QB #9 | 173/259, 1809 YDS, 17 TD, 5 INT |
| Joe Flacco QB #16 | 158/256, 1664 YDS, 13 TD, 4 INT | |
| Rushing | Chase Brown RB #30 | 232 CAR, 1019 YDS, 6 TD |
| Samaje Perine RB #34 | 84 CAR, 382 YDS, 3 TD | |
| Tahj Brooks RB #25 | 16 CAR, 45 YDS | |
| Receiving | Ja'Marr Chase WR #1 | 125 REC, 1412 YDS, 8 TD |
| Tee Higgins WR #5 | 59 REC, 846 YDS, 11 TD | |
| Chase Brown RB #30 | 69 REC, 437 YDS, 5 TD | |
| Andrei Iosivas WR #80 | 33 REC, 435 YDS, 2 TD |
Defense
| Tackles | Jordan Battle S #27 | 125 |
| Demetrius Knight Jr. LB #44 | 106 | |
| Barrett Carter LB #49 | 106 | |
| Sacks | Myles Murphy DE #99 | 5.5 |
| Joseph Ossai DE #46 | 5 | |
| Trey Hendrickson LB #91 | 4 | |
| Interceptions | Jordan Battle S #27 | 4 |
| Geno Stone S #25 | 2 | |
| Demetrius Knight Jr. LB #44 | 2 |
These are regular-season totals for
the season named on each card — the players who led that team that year,
taken from ESPN's team leaders. That list is keyed to the season, not to today's
roster, so a leader who has since signed elsewhere, been traded or retired still
appears against the year he earned it; the
roster
pages and the depth chart on each team page are where the current squad is.
A team switches to this season's numbers once it has played a game.