Lions vs Bengals Match Player Stats | Week 5 Sunday 2025

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Todays Matchup Details

Week 5 Detroit Lions at Cincinnati Bengals
Todays Game is on Sunday, October 5th
05/10/25 16:25:00 PM EST Kickoff

Positives for the Detroit Lions Game Today

An extreme running game script is suggested by the Lions being a giant 10.5-point favorite this week.

The model projects the Lions to be the 3rd-most run-focused team on the slate this week with a 47.6% run rate, accounting for their underlying propensities and matchup dynamics.

The leading projections forecast Jahmyr Gibbs to garner 14.8 carries in this game, on balance, placing him in the 80th percentile when it comes to running backs.

This year, the deficient Cincinnati Bengals run defense has allowed a massive 140.0 adjusted rushing yards per game to opposing squads: the 6th-most in football.

As it relates to the linebackers’ role in defending against the run, Cincinnati’s collection of LBs has been easily exploitable this year, ranking as the 5th-worst in the NFL. in the NFL.

Negatives with the Cincinnati Bengals Game Today

The projections expect this game to have the 3rd-lowest volume of plays run out of all the games this week at 126.6 plays, accounting for the tendencies of each team and game dynamics.

Jahmyr Gibbs has been much more involved in his team’s offense this year, staying on the field for 65.2% of snaps compared to just 49.6% last year.

Jahmyr Gibbs’s 60.0 adjusted yards per game on the ground this year signifies an impressive diminishment in his rushing skills over last year’s 87.0 figure.

Jahmyr Gibbs’s rushing efficiency has tailed off this season, accumulating a mere 5.18 adjusted yards-per-carry compared to a 5.93 rate last season.

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