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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. Owned by Mike Brown with Duke Tobin serving as general manager, the franchise has experienced dramatic swings in fortune over the past decade and a half. After a 12–4 campaign in 2015, the Bengals endured several losing seasons, bottoming out at 2–14 in 2019. The turnaround came swiftly: by 2021, Cincinnati reached the Super Bowl with a 10–7 record, followed by a 12–4 playoff season in 2022. Under head coach Zac Taylor, the roster features quarterback Joe Burrow alongside veteran Joe Flacco, with playmakers Ja'Marr Chase and Tee Higgins leading the receiving corps. Recent seasons have settled into middling territory—back-to-back 9–8 finishes in 2023 and 2024, then a 6–11 record in 2025.
The 200 most recent checkable claims, from 78 pundits · 200 settled, averaging 58 out of 100.
The seasons we hold results for, 2009 to 2026.
| Season | Record | Finish |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 1–0 | — |
| 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 2 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 4 of 5 — unsettled claims first, then the settled ones, newest first.
“The fact that Trey Hendrickson is not there does not guarantee that 2025 will go just like 2024... I can't sit there and say they start o and three and keep spinning their wheels... I'll call this an overreaction.”
| 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 95% of the room, across 3 articles · on this team not settled yet
more bearish than 94% of the room, across 2 articles · on this team not settled yet
“I think Burrow's gonna sneak in there.”
“Rich, if the Bengals make the playoffs, Joe Burrow should be MVP.”
“Man's are delaying, baby, come on down. They have corner need... give DJ Turner a running mate”
“I'm going to go more second round guys in this group here, Jake Golda from Cincinnati, Kyle Lewis from pitt”
“number ten... The Cincinnati bengals are up... we are going to stop the slide For Rubin bain edge From miami”
“I'm going to take Burrow in Cincinnati to win thirty to twenty in cover”
“I really feel good about the Bengals playing the Packers... So don't be surprised if the Bengals happen to win against the Packers, who are probably heavily favored.”
“you got him at wide receiver twenty four, so you got him to the wide receiver two”
“ericson you're way down. You've got him at wide receiver thirty five.”
“My selection for the twenty twenty five Rookie of the Year is Shamar Stewart from the Cincinnati Bengals.”
“Patriots Bengals Chiefs are wild card teams. New England Bengals are both new playoff teams”
“Give me Joe Burrow.”
“he put the Bengals in IF and the Jet”
“I say he leads the league in passing yards”
“I'll stick with a solid pick and say, Joe Burrow, number back of the Cincinnati Thing.”
“My selection for the twenty twenty five Rookie of the Year is Shamar Stewart. From the Cincinnati Bengals.”
“I'm gonna go Bengals under nine and a half”
“the Bengals have a carbon copy year of last year. They win nine games, they missed the playoffs, and they fire their head coach.”
“I don't understand what the case is against Chase being the number one player in Fantasy again this year.”
“Brandon, you and I both have Cincinnati getting to the playoffs.”
“so I'm happy to put the Bengals as an option”
“Chase is a top two receiver in the league to me with Jefferson”
“He's an OK three, he's not a plus three. He'll get you buy three”
“despite Higgins's injuries, he is at that level. He's a top twenty five receiver in the league.”
“my AFC playoff predictions Bill's Ravens, Texans, Chargers, Patriots, Bengals are new in chiefs”
“wild card teams are the Patriots, Bengals, and Chiefs”
“I think I'll take Jami and McCoy here right now... Give me your mama McCoy out of Tennessee.”
“Number ten, Caleb Downs, Ohio State ... Caleb Downs stays in state. He goes to the Bengals at ten”
“then ten Manster Delaine going to the Cincinnati Beingles”
“Caleb Downs is the pick for the Cincinnati Bengals.”
“and the Cincinnati Bengals. Caleb Downs from Ohio State.”
“at ten, I had the Cincinnati Bengals going with McCoy, Jamal McCoy corner from Tennessee”
“T Higgins Wide Receiver twenty two going up against the Chicago Bears... Ericson's right on consensus... he's still going to be in your lineup as a wide receiver two.”
“FITZI you are, You're a high man here. You've got him at eighteen.”
“Fitzi you've got him at nine ... I don't think it's crazy to rank this undeniably great player as a mid range or low end wide receiver one”
“Ericson you've got him at six ... this is when you buy the dip on Jamar Chase. So I'm starting him no matter what.”
“and then I'm going to the game in Cincinnati against the Lions, and we're gonna beat the Lions.”
“I'm gonna tell you what God told me. Were going on a two game win streak. We're gonna beat the Broncos Monday Night”
“I have them winning by six... so I think Cincinnati wins by more than three and a half points at home against the Jacks.”