Cincinnati Bengals for New England Patriots (2026)

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Summary
Game Log
Stats
Projections
Points
Notes

Player Summaries Comparison
	New England Patriots DST - NE NE	Cincinnati Bengals DST - CIN CIN
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Rankings

Rest of Season	# 7	# 27	-
Draft	‐	‐	-

Matchup

Opponent	at SEA	vs. TB	-
Matchup Rating	This is a 2 star matchup. DSTs perform a little worse than their average vs SEA	This is a 2 star matchup. DSTs perform a little worse than their average vs TB	-

Fantasy Points

Season Total	127.0	79.0	-
Avg Game	7.5	4.6	-
Avg Projection	98.1	99.4	-

Schedule

SOS Rank	13	10	-

Misc

Injury Alert	‐	‐	-

Expert Ranks
	New England Patriots	Cincinnati Bengals	Add Player

Doug Burrell D. Burrell Draft With Doug Draft With Doug 07/30	#11	‐	-

Luke Renton L. Renton The Franchise Tag UK The Franchise Tag UK 07/30	#7	#24	-

Joel Smyth J. Smyth Yahoo! Sports Yahoo! Sports 07/30	#7	#24	-

Jonathan Stone J. Stone Stone Cold Fantasy Stone Cold Fantasy 07/30	#5	#25	-

Nic Bodiford N. Bodiford NerdBall Fantay Football NerdBall Fantay Fo... 07/30	#6	‐	-

Scott Pianowski S. Pianowski Yahoo! Sports Yahoo! Sports 07/29	#9	‐	-

Kyle Krajewski K. Krajewski First Seed Sports First Seed Sports 07/29	#8	#28	-

Brad Beatson B. Beatson Bandit Fantasy Football Bandit Fantasy Foo... 07/29	#10	‐	-

Matt Harmon M. Harmon Yahoo! Sports Yahoo! Sports 07/29	#3	#22	-

Hayden Winks H. Winks Yahoo! Sports Yahoo! Sports 07/28	#9	#17	-

Dalton Del Don D. Del Don The Deep Shot The Deep Shot 07/29	#6	#20	-

Justin Bauerle J. Bauerle FantasyNow+ FantasyNow+ 07/28	#9	#26	-

Gary Davenport G. Davenport Footballguys Footballguys 07/28	#7	#26	-

Mike Bland M. Bland Points Over Expected Points Over Expected 07/27	#8	#27	-

Dr. Roto D. Roto FullTime Fantasy FullTime Fantasy 07/27	#6	#29	-

Josh Norris J. Norris Yahoo! Sports Yahoo! Sports 07/26	#7	#27	-

Huseyin Aksu H. Aksu Fantasy Couch Fantasy Couch 07/29	#6	#24	-

Ryan Weisse R. Weisse Club Fantasy FFL Club Fantasy FFL 07/28	#6	#30	-

Jeremy Shulman J. Shulman Fantasy Football Universe Fantasy Football U... 07/24	#7	#26	-

Rudy Gamble R. Gamble Razzball Razzball 07/23	#18	#14	-

Jacob Piccolo J. Piccolo TrueRGM TrueRGM 07/27	#7	#27	-

Pete Nova P. Nova FF Faceoff FF Faceoff 07/18	#28	#17	-

David Heilman D. Heilman Dynasty Trade Calculator Dynasty Trade Calc... 07/17	#6	#28	-

Bart Wheeler B. Wheeler Hail to Fantasy Football Hail to Fantasy Fo... 07/17	#6	#29	-

Matt Donnelly M. Donnelly Dynasty Vipers Dynasty Vipers 07/17	#8	#31	-

Dennis Sosic D. Sosic Fantasy Six Pack Fantasy Six Pack 07/17	#7	#17	-

Jorge B. Edwards J. B. Edwards Fantasy In Frames Fantasy In Frames 07/26	#7	‐	-

Kev Wheeler K. Wheeler Wheel Route FF Wheel Route FF 07/14	#7	#27	-

Justin Boone J. Boone Yahoo! Sports Yahoo! Sports 07/14	#6	#24	-

Kev Mahserejian K. Mahserejian Razzball Razzball 07/13	#8	#17	-

Jason Willan J. Willan Gridiron Experts Gridiron Experts 07/23	#6	‐	-

David Biggs D. Biggs Drink Five Drink Five 07/12	#8	#15	-

The Tecmo Weave T. Tecmo Weave Lab 52 Lab 52 07/12	#5	‐	-

Brian Hartman B. Hartman QB List QB List 07/27	#6	‐	-

Lee Wehry L. Wehry FantasyPros FantasyPros 07/10	#6	#29	-

Daniel Mader D. Mader Fantasy Football Advice Fantasy Football A... 07/14	#11	#29	-

Nick Raducanu N. Raducanu Dr. Roto Dr. Roto 07/07	#7	‐	-

Kyle Yates K. Yates Yates Fantasy Football Yates Fantasy Foot... 07/17	#7	#29	-

Mike MacGregor M. MacGregor Draft Buddy Draft Buddy 07/28	#7	#29	-

Edward Gorelik E. Gorelik End of Football End of Football 07/25	#6	‐	-

Derek Brown D. Brown FantasyPros FantasyPros 07/30	#13	#7	-

Francisco (Chato) Romero F. (Chato) ... Estadio Fantasy Estadio Fantasy 07/03	#6	‐	-

Mauricio Gutierrez M. Gutierrez Estadio Fantasy Estadio Fantasy 07/01	#7	#27	-

Brandon Murchison B. Murchison RotoBaller RotoBaller 07/24	#6	‐	-

Ken Zalis K. Zalis Pressbox Pressbox 07/30	#6	‐	-

Judy Adabie J. Adabie Fan Girl Football Fan Girl Football 07/07	#6	‐	-

Alfredo Brown A. Brown Footballguys Footballguys 07/27	#6	#19	-

Mick Ciallela M. Ciallela Fantrax Fantrax 06/28	#17	#15	-

Ben Wasley B. Wasley Hashtag Football Hashtag Football 07/21	#10	#30	-

Drew DeLuca D. DeLuca Going For 2 Going For 2 06/28	#6	#32	-

Blake Fincher B. Fincher Fantasy Football Cafe Fantasy Football Cafe 06/26	#6	‐	-

Matt De Lima M. De Lima Dr. Roto Dr. Roto 06/12	#7	#28	-

Pat Fitzmaurice P. Fitzmaurice FantasyPros FantasyPros 07/30	#8	#26	-

Andrew Erickson A. Erickson FantasyPros FantasyPros 07/29	#13	#27	-

Seth Woolcock S. Woolcock FantasyPros FantasyPros 07/15	#8	#29	-

Ed Birdsall E. Birdsall Talking Points Sports Talking Points Sports 07/29	#7	#30	-

Kevin Steele K. Steele The Fantasy Authority The Fantasy Authority 06/04	#8	#21	-

Tom Strachan T. Strachan NFL Best Ball NFL Best Ball 07/25	#6	‐	-

Andy Behrens A. Behrens The Deep Shot The Deep Shot 07/30	#6	#29	-

Richard Savill R. Savill Fantasy Six Pack Fantasy Six Pack 07/27	#7	#29	-

Brandon Funston B. Funston The Athletic The Athletic 07/29	#6	‐	-

Site Rankings S. Rankings Gridiron Experts Gridiron Experts 07/20	#7	#27	-

Elisha Twerski E. Twerski USA Today USA Today 04/28	#6	‐	-

Fantasy BR F. BR Fantasy BR Fantasy BR 04/27	#1	#19	-

Wolf of Roto Street W. of Roto ... Roto Street Journal Roto Street Journal 07/07	#1	#10	-

Kyle Soppe K. Soppe Pro Football Network Pro Football Network 05/20	#7	#22	-

Justin Sablich J. Sablich 5th Down Fantasy 5th Down Fantasy 04/20	#9	#31	-

Tera Roberts T. Roberts OddsChecker OddsChecker 07/09	#6	#28	-

Marc Shannep M. Shannep Fantasy Knockout Fantasy Knockout 07/15	#7	#27	-

Player Game Logs Comparison
	New England Patriots DST - NE NE	Cincinnati Bengals DST - CIN CIN
2026 Schedule
Week 1	at SEA	vs. TB
Week 2	vs. PIT	at HOU
Week 3	at JAC	at PIT
Week 4	at BUF	vs. JAC
Week 5	vs. LV	at MIA
Week 6	vs. NYJ	BYE WEEK
Week 7	at CHI	at BAL
Week 8	at MIA	vs. TEN
Week 9	vs. GB	at ATL
Week 10	at DET	vs. PIT
Week 11	BYE WEEK	at WAS
Week 12	at LAC	vs. NO
Week 13	vs. BUF	at CLE
Week 14	vs. MIN	vs. KC
Week 15	at KC	at CAR
Week 16	at NYJ	at IND
Week 17	vs. DEN	vs. BAL
Week 18	vs. MIA	vs. CLE

Player Projections Comparison
	New England Patriots DST - NE NE	Cincinnati Bengals DST - CIN CIN
Defense

Sacks	40.6	41.1
Ints	11.6	13.1
Fumble Rec	8.9	9.8
Forced Fumble	12.5	13.4
Def TD	2.6	2.1
Ast Tackles	0.0	0.0
Safety	0.5	0.0
Points Allowed	356.6	413.1
Yards Allowed	5,268.9	5,827.1

Player Fantasy Points Comparison
	New England Patriots DST - NE NE	Cincinnati Bengals DST - CIN CIN
2025 Points
Week 1	7.0	7.0
Week 2	13.0	5.0
Week 3	2.0	-1.0
Week 4	11.0	1.0
Week 5	8.0	2.0
Week 6	5.0	3.0
Week 7	19.0	3.0
Week 8	11.0	-4.0
Week 9	1.0	6.0
Week 10	2.0	‐
Week 11	5.0	1.0
Week 12	10.0	10.0
Week 13	11.0	12.0
Week 14	‐	4.0
Week 15	-2.0	7.0
Week 16	5.0	6.0
Week 17	7.0	5.0
Week 18	12.0	12.0
Total	127.0	79.0
Average	7.5	4.6

Notes for Player Combination
	New England Patriots DST - NE NE	Cincinnati Bengals DST - CIN CIN
Expert
Andrew Erickson FantasyPros	The Pats boasted a bottom-10 pass rush last season. They lost their sack leader in free agency and replaced him with Dre'Mont Jones. NE seems like a unit that could regress with a more difficult schedule in 2026 and worse injury luck on defense. Note that despite finishing last year inside the top 5 in fewest points allowed, they were the third-worst red zone defense. Just 23rd overall in defensive DVOA as the 10th-ranked DST. It's probably not worth reaching on too early based on their tougher opening 4 matchups against the formidable Seahawks, Steelers, Jaguars, and Bills.