New England (9-2) at Cincinnati (3-7)
Sunday, 1 p.m. EST, CBS.
BetMGM line: Patriots by 8 1/2.
In opposition to the unfold: Patriots 8-3; Bengals 3-7.
Sequence report: Patriots lead 18-10.
Final assembly: Patriots received 16-10 in Cincinnati on Sept. 8, 2024.
Final week: Patriots beat Jets 27-14; Bengals misplaced to Steelers 34-12.
Patriots offense: total (9), rush (20), go (7), scoring (7)
Patriots protection: total (8), rush (1), go (17), scoring (5)
Bengals offense: total (23), rush (30t), go (14), scoring (18)
Bengals protection: total (32), rush (32), go (31), scoring (32)
Turnover differential: Patriots even; Bengals minus-7.
Patriots participant to observe
QB Drake Maye. The second-year quarterback has thrust himself into the NFL MVP dialog. By 11 video games he has accomplished 71.9% of his passes for two,836 passing yards, which each lead the league. He additionally has eight video games in 2025 with a minimum of two landing passes after throwing two within the first half at Tampa Bay on Nov. 9. The Patriots report for many video games with a minimum of two landing passes in a single season is 14 by Tom Brady in 2011 and 2007.
Bengals gamers to observe
QBs Joe Burrow and Joe Flacco. Burrow took his first snaps in 11-on-11 drills on Wednesday since returning to apply on Nov. 10. Burrow had surgical procedure on his left massive toe after injuring it throughout a Week 2 win over Jacksonville. Burrow is anticipated to return for the Thanksgiving evening sport at Baltimore, which might give Flacco yet another Bengals begin on Sunday. Flacco is averaging 290.6 yards in his 5 Cincinnati begins since being traded by Cleveland.
Key matchup
Patriots DT Christian Barmore vs. Bengals offensive line. Barmore leads NFL defensive tackles with 37 pressures. Cincinnati quarterbacks have been sacked 23 instances, tied for sixteenth, however have struggled to search out consistency on the offensive line due to accidents.
Key accidents
Patriots: WR Stefon Diggs revealed this week that he broke his finger in some unspecified time in the future over the previous two video games and has been taking part in by means of the ache. RB Rhamondre Stevenson (toe), who’s missed the previous three video games, started the week as a restricted participant.
Bengals: DE Trey Hendrickson (hip) is anticipated to be inactive for the fourth time in 5 video games … RB Samaje Perine (ankle) and DE Cam Pattern (indirect) are additionally anticipated to be out.
Sequence notes
New England has received eight of the previous 10 conferences. … The Patriots are 8-7 in video games at Cincinnati, together with 4-2 at Paul Brown Stadium/Paycor Subject because it opened in 2000. … Tom Brady’s 52-game streak of throwing a landing go was snapped by the Bengals in a 2013 sport.
Stats and stuff
Cincinnati might be with out WR Ja’Marr Chase, who was suspended for one sport after he spat on Pittsburgh CB Jalen Ramsey final week. … The Patriots enter this week on an eight-game win streak. They’ve had streaks of a minimum of 9 consecutive wins in a season on three earlier events — 12 in 2003, 16 in 2007 and 10 in 2015. … New England is 5-0 on the highway this season. The Patriots have began with a 6-0 report on the highway 5 earlier instances: 1978 (6-0), 2007 (8-0), 2016 (8-0), 2017 (6-0) and 2021 (6-0). … A victory this week will give the Patriots their twenty eighth 10-win season, which might tie Pittsburgh for the second most since 1970. Solely Dallas has extra (29). … New England ranks first within the NFL in opposition to the run, permitting 84.7 dashing yards per sport. The crew report for fewest dashing yards allowed for the reason that NFL merger is 88.6 per sport in 2016. … RB TreVeyon Henderson has had two dashing TDs in every of the previous two video games. The earlier Patriots participant to have a minimum of two dashing touchdowns in three consecutive video games was Curtis Martin in 1995. The one different to do it was Horace Ivory with three straight video games in 1978. … WR Stefon Diggs had his thirty ninth profession 100-yard receiving sport and third of the season in final week’s win over the Jets when he completed with 9 receptions for 105 yards. If he reaches 100 yards receiving this week it would mark his second two-game stretch this season with 100 yards receiving. He adopted a 101-yard sport in opposition to Carolina in Week 4 with 146 yards receiving at Buffalo in Week 5. … WR Kayshon Boutte is second within the NFL to Indianapolis WR Alec Pierce (20.9) with an 18.7-yard receiving common. … RB Rhamondre Stevenson is in seventh place on the Patriots profession dashing record and wishes 47 yards dashing this week to maneuver previous Don Calhoun (3,391) into sixth place. … LB Elijah Ponder has had a sack in every of the previous two video games. … The Bengals have allowed a minimum of 27 factors in 9 straight video games, tied with the 1964 Denver Broncos and 2020 Los Angeles Chargers for longest in-season streak in league historical past. … RB Chase Brown has 4 straight video games with a minimum of 100 scrimmage yards and is 67 away from 2,500 in his profession. … WR Tee Higgins has a TD catch in 9 straight house video games. … TE Noah Fant has a TD catch in two of the previous three house video games. … LB Barrett Carter is fourth amongst NFL rookies in tackles with 58. … CB DJ Turner is tied for the league lead with 14 passes defensed. … Cincinnati leads the league with 126 missed tackles, 33 greater than second-place Pittsburgh. Safeties Geno Stone and Jordan Battle are tied for the league with 16 every.
Fantasy tip
Cincinnati WR Andrei Iosivas might get extra targets with Chase out. Iosivas has eight of his 19 receptions previously two video games.
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