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American Football Conference · AFC North
The Cincinnati Bengals were founded in 1967 and play their home games at Paycor Stadium in Cincinnati, Ohio. The franchise is owned by Mike Brown, with Duke Tobin serving as general manager and Zac Taylor as head coach. Dan Pitcher coordinates the offense while Al Golden leads the defense. The Bengals' recent history includes dramatic swings in fortune. After a dismal 2-14 campaign in 2019, the team climbed to a 10-7 record in 2021 and reached the Super Bowl. They followed that with a 12-4 season in 2022 and another playoff appearance. The 2023 and 2024 seasons each ended at 9-8, missing the postseason both years. The 2025 campaign brought a 6-11 finish, and the 2026 season currently sits at 2-2.
The 200 most recent checkable claims, from 80 pundits · 200 settled, averaging 71 out of 100.
Current Cincinnati Bengals players with the most articles taking a call on them in the last 30 days.
The seasons we hold results for, 2009 to 2026.
| Season | Record | Finish |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 6–2 | — |
| 2025 | 6–11 | — |
| 2024 | 9–8 | — |
| 2023 | 9–8 | — |
| 2022 | 12–4 | Made the playoffs |
| 2021 | 10–7 | Reached the Super Bowl |
| 2020 | 4–11–1 | — |
| 2019 | 2–14 | — |
| 2018 | 6–10 | — |
| 2017 | 7–9 | — |
Each pundit’s standing lean on Cincinnati Bengals, measured against every other pundit who made a comparable call — same kind of claim, same season. +100 would mean the most bullish voice in every room; −100 the most bearish. At least two articles per pundit before a lean is shown, and the accuracy is how that pundit’s settled calls about this team have graded out.
more bullish than 95% of the room, across 3 articles · 15.0 accuracy on this team (2 settled)
more bullish than 95% of the room, across 2 articles · 15.0 accuracy on this team (2 settled)
Page 5 of 5 — unsettled claims first, then the settled ones, newest first.
“And Bango going to put up about 42 points. I'm telling you that.”
| 2016 |
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| 6–9–1 |
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| 2015 | 12–4 | Made the playoffs |
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| 2010 | 4–12 | — |
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| 2009 | 10–6 | Made the playoffs |
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more bullish than 94% of the room, across 2 articles · 0.0 accuracy on this team (2 settled)
more bearish than 100% of the room, across 3 articles · 86.1 accuracy on this team (3 settled)
more bearish than 97% of the room, across 3 articles · on this team not settled yet
more bearish than 89% of the room, across 2 articles · on this team not settled yet
“I know so. Tampa ain't going to know what hit them.”
“Prediction: Bengals 21, Buccaneers 20”
“Prediction: Bengals 27, Buccaneers 21”
“Bengals 27, Buccaneers 24.”
“Buccaneers at Bengals — Eva Geitheim: Bengals”
“Buccaneers at Bengals — Albert Breer: Bengals”
“Buccaneers at Bengals — John Pluym: Bengals”
“Buccaneers at Bengals — Matt Verderame: Bengals”
“Pick: Bengals 29, Buccaneers 28”
“Bengals 23-16 over Buccaneers”
“Mitchell, if Joe Burrow's upright, I've got them winning that game.”
“Bucks, Bengals... I'll give the Bengals a win, but I'm going with a three and a half for Tampa Bay.”
“Buccaneers (at Bengals). ... That's not a good combination for the Bucs, who will be facing a desperate Bengals team that's going into a make-or-break season.”
“Hopefully he stays in round three... had to call out Chase Brown here... Zach Moss released, so the only competition is gonna be TODJ. Brooks”
“He's currently what wide receiver thirteen... but now I've got him ranked as a low end wide receiver one. He's my wide receiver twelve, number twenty four overall... here's why t Higgins has such vast upside and why I think you should proactively draft him.”
“if that's where he goes he's gonna be a big bust this coming year because people are expecting RB one production if they are rafting Chase Brown.”
“to get that guy in the start of round three, end of round two, I want him all day, every day”
“the question is how well will former left tackle Jonah Williams fare on the right side?”
“I I don't think they're gonna win, but I think he's gonna get it.”
“Twenty seven twenty four Cincinnati beats the stumbling Ravens.”
“I gotta work the game in Baltimore... The Bengals Ravens game... But we finna win that game, Anna, and I're fin the talk track because I'm gonna be face to face with all the Ravens players.”
“I will give you guys a division if we lose to the Steelers, which I doubt we do.”
“I think we have a good chance at competing and beating the Steelers.”
“It's not calling a Cleveland win. I just don't think Cincinnati is gonna dominate the game”
“twenty one to seventeen Cincinnati is a pretty likely outcome for this game”
“So I'll go Bengals nineteen seventeen or some crazy score”
“I've got them winning the AFC North at thirteen and four, beating out Baltimore at twelve and five”
“In the AFC North, I've got the Bengals winning the division.”
“I do have Cincinnati a top of the AFC North.”
“I've got the Bengals in the North”
“I got Cincinnati into AFC, Buffalo, Houston and the Chargers as ... the division champion”
“so you know, we'll see I like Cleveland to cover, like the Bengals to win”
“takes the Bengals to the top of the AF seed”
“The Bengals are winning the AFC North. ... I think twelve and five wins the AFC North.”
“I had Cincinnati winning the division. So when I went through this, I had the Ravens as the wildcard team from that division.”
“When the Steelers play the Bengals, we know what's gonna happen. They still gonna get this work... I'm just letting you know we're gonna beat them again”
“When the Steelers play the Bengals, we know what's gonna happen. They still gonna get this work... We beat the Steelers. Okay, I'm just letting you know we're gonna beat them again”
“So I see the Cincinnati Bengals winning this game”
“I think that Cincinnati wins that wow, and they cover the spread on that one... Now we're going Cincinnati wins by two.”