Cincinnati Bengals

Power Run (Gap) — Dictate physically. Duo, power, counter.
Team fit 77.9 B · Read the full guide →

Tampa 2 — Rush four, rally and tackle.
Team fit 82.5 B+

A middle-of-the-league roster with specific, nameable strengths and one problem it cannot hide. The face of it is Ja'Marr Chase (WR, 99).

Ja'Marr Chase (WR, 99) is the headliner. 99 release — beats press at the line before the route even starts; 98 deep route running — wins deep — stacks corners and stresses the top of the coverage; 98 catching — hands you never worry about. Everything this offense does is built to get him the ball in the situations those numbers describe.

And the quarterback is a co-star, not a caretaker — Joe Burrow (97) is one of the best-rated arms in the league, so the headliner never has to carry a limited passer. Two receivers at 88+ — Ja'Marr Chase (99) and Tee Higgins (89) — puts this team in a club of only 3 in the league; you cannot double both. And the line is the fire alarm: a bottom-four unit by the ratings (75.2 average). Every long-developing concept is a negotiation with it. Fine print — Joe Burrow: he lost nine games in 2025 to a Grade 3 turf toe that needed surgery, then beat the timeline back by a month.

Dexter Lawrence II (DT, 93) sets the terms. 97 strength — immovable when he anchors; 92 power moves — wins with power — the long arm and the bull rush, your tackle going backward. Offenses spend the week accounting for him, and the rest of this defense eats in the space that creates.

Evan McPherson (82) kicks — 97 leg, 93 accuracy. Ryan Rehkow (75) punts — 96 leg, 81 accuracy. Top return man is Kyle Dugger (82 return).

Offense: an honest bench. No buried star, no trait that betrays the overall. What you see is what is there.

Defense: Tacario Davis (CB, 71 OVR). Read the ratings page twice: the overall says 71, the speed says 92. Overall is about the whole job; that speed is about one job, and he can already do that one as well as most starters.