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Week 12 · Sunday 1:00 PM ET · Paycor Stadium

NEvsCIN

Patriots offensevsBengals defense

Season numbers through Week 22: 21 games for Patriots, 17 for Bengals. Ranks are out of 32; #1 is the best offense or the stingiest defense.

How it played out · win probability, snap by snapFinal · NE 26 · CIN 20

The Patriots won 26–20; their low point was 42% at Q2 13:08. The game turned for good at Q2 9:43: D.Maye pass deep left to H.Henry for 28 yards, TOUCHDOWN (49% → 56%). The biggest single swing came at Q2 7:51, 25 points for the Patriots.

At kickoffNE 74%NE by 7.5 on the line
NE low point42%Q2 13:08 · down 10⁠–⁠0
Swings past 50%2times the favorite changed
Biggest swing25 ptsNE · Q2 7:51
CIN wins50%NE wins
Q1Q2Q3Q4

The plays that swung it

  1. 1Q2 7:51CINJ.Flacco pass short right intended for T.Brooks INTERCEPTED by M.Jones at CIN 33. M.Jones for 33 yards, TOUCHDOWN.53% → 78%+25 NE
  2. 2Q2 14:28NED.Maye pass deep middle intended for H.Henry INTERCEPTED by G.Stone at NE 32. G.Stone for 32 yards, TOUCHDOWN.39% → 57%+18 CIN
  3. 3Q4 0:23CINJ.Flacco pass incomplete deep left to M.Gesicki (M.Jones) [K.Chaisson].87% → 99%+12 NE
  4. 4Q4 3:01NED.Maye pass short middle to S.Diggs to CIN 36 for 14 yards (D.Turner).78% → 88%+10 NE
  5. 5Q4 0:51CINJ.Flacco pass short right to M.Tinsley to NE 45 for 12 yards (M.Jones) [J.Hawkins]. The Replay Official reviewed the runner was inbounds ruling,…7% → 17%+10 CIN
  6. ★Q2 9:43NED.Maye pass deep left to H.Henry for 28 yards, TOUCHDOWN.turning point49% → 56%+7 NE

Win probability is nflverse's model, which starts from the betting line and updates before every snap with the score, the clock, down, distance, field position and timeouts. A swing is the change in one team's chance across a play, in percentage points. Each play is tagged with the team that had the ball; the bar names the team it helped. The turning point is the play after which the winner never fell to 50% again.

Box score · every offensive player who touched the ballWeek 12

D.Maye led the Patriots at +6.3 EPA (22 of 35 for 294). A.Iosivas led the Bengals at +2.2 EPA (4 catches for 61).

NE Patriots

PassingC/AYdsTDINTSkEPA
D.Maye100%22/35294111+6.8
RushingCarShareYdsTDEPA
T.Henderson65%1858%66+0.9
R.Stevenson31%619%5-7.6
D.Maye100%516%22-0.5
D.Douglas17%13%14+0.9
T.Jennings4%13%0-0.3
ReceivingTgtShareRecYdsTDEPA
H.Henry79%1030%71151+2.4
M.Hollins86%618%230-0.7
A.Hooper56%412%339+1.9
T.Henderson65%412%315-0.3
S.Diggs48%39%220+0.4
R.Stevenson31%26%15-0.4
K.Boutte80%26%215+1.2
D.Douglas17%13%137+4.1
K.Williams7%13%118+1.4

Defense M.Jones 1 INT, H.III 1 sack · Kicking A.Borregales 4/4 FG (long 52)

CIN Bengals

PassingC/AYdsTDINTSkEPA
J.Flacco98%19/37183111-14.5
J.Browning2%1/114+0.8
RushingCarShareYdsTDEPA
C.Brown89%1983%107+2.1
T.Brooks14%29%5-0.6
J.Flacco98%14%3+0.2
A.Iosivas83%14%5-0.1
ReceivingTgtShareRecYdsTDEPA
A.Iosivas83%721%461+2.3
M.Gesicki43%618%435+0.9
T.Higgins77%618%531-1.8
M.Tinsley74%618%2291+1.8
C.Brown89%412%223-2.4
T.Hudson22%13%190.0
D.Sample52%13%10-0.5
N.Fant28%13%19+0.9
C.Jones17%13%00-0.5
T.Brooks14%13%00-8.7

Defense G.Stone 1 INT, J.Davis 1 sack · Kicking E.McPherson 2/2 FG (long 63)

Each player's line for this game from nflverse's weekly stats; the percentage beside his name is his share of the offense's snaps. Share is his part of the team's carries or targets in this game. Defense lists sacks and interceptions; kicking lists field goals.

Keys to the game · from the season numbers, not this game alone4 reads
01
Biggest edge

Throw it

Patriots gain +0.17 EPA per dropback (5th). Bengals allow +0.16 (28th).

02
Opportunity

Deep left is open

Bengals are worst against deep left throws, allowing +0.70 EPA per attempt. Patriots send 10% of their throws there.

03
Watch out

Pressure problem

Patriots take a sack on 10% of dropbacks (29th). Bengals get home on 6% (22nd). League average is 7%.

04
Wash

Success rate

Call this one even. Patriots succeed on 46% of plays (7th) against a defense that allows 48% (28th).

The series · Patriots and Bengals since 1999, and this season's records13 meetings

The Patriots lead the series 10–3 since 1999 (they first met in 2000). They have won the last 2. This game is the latest meeting.

Patriots at home5–1the Patriots' record
In Cincinnati5–2the Patriots' record
Most pointsPatriots 43 · Bengals 282014 · 2004
Biggest winPatriots by 26 · Bengals by 72014 · 2013

The last 5

2025 · Wk 12NE 26 at CIN 20
2024 · Wk 1NE 16 at CIN 10
2022 · Wk 16CIN 22 at NE 18
2019 · Wk 15NE 34 at CIN 13
2016 · Wk 6CIN 17 at NE 35

2025 records

PatriotsBengals
Overall14–36–11
Division5–13–3
Conference9–35–7
Other conference5–01–4
Home6–33–6
Away8–03–5
Last 5WLWWWLLWWL
StreakWon 3Lost 1
Points a game28.8 – 18.824.4 – 28.9

Every meeting since 1999, regular season and playoffs, from nflverse's game list, which starts in 1999; the all-time series goes back further. Franchises that moved count as one team (the Raiders, Chargers and Rams). Home and away are from the Patriots' side. Records are this regular season.

Head to head · NE offense against CIN defense
StatNE NE offFavors NE · Favors CINCIN CIN def allowsNFL avg
Overall
EPA per play
+0.09#5
+0.13#29+0.01
Success rate
46%#7
48%#2844%
Yards per play
6.1#3
6.3#325.4
Explosive play rate
12%#4
12%#3010%
Passing
Pass EPA per dropback
+0.17#5
+0.16#28+0.01
Sack rate
10%#29
6%#227%
Running
Run EPA per carry
-0.10#27
+0.06#31-0.05
Yards per carry
4.3#16
5.2#314.3
Money downs
3rd down conversion
41%#13
44%#2640%
Red zone TD rate
61%#11
65%#2559%
Targets by position
WR yards per game
160#7
116#3140
TE yards per game
56#14
85#3253
TE targets per game
6.4#19
9.7#327.3
RB receiving yards per game
36#10
43#2932
Where the ball goes · EPA per throwDeep is 15+ air yds

Patriots: EPA per throw

Left
Middle
Right
Deep
+0.8610% of throws
+0.615% of throws
+0.759% of throws
Short
+0.2630% of throws
+0.2318% of throws
+0.2528% of throws

Bengals: EPA allowed per throw

Left
Middle
Right
Deep
+0.7038 throws
+0.0621 throws
+0.0735 throws
Short
+0.29174 throws
+0.21103 throws
+0.32162 throws

Green gains more than expected, red loses value. Cells with fewer than 5 throws are grayed out.