The Cincinnati Bengals (8-7, 4th AFC North) pay a visit to Kansas City on Sunday afternoon to play against the Kansas City Chiefs (9-6, 1st AFC West) in an AFC showdown. Cincinnati was defeated by the Pittsburgh Steelers 34-11 last week, which snapped a three-game winning streak for the Bengals. Cincinnati is currently 10th in the AFC playoff hunt with only the first seven qualifying but has the same record of 8-7 as does Indianapolis which is currently seventh. Kansas City leads the AFC West but was defeated by Las Vegas 20-14 and leads the Raiders by just two games with two to play. Cincinnati's injury list is extensive with Ja’Marr Chase questionable and several others either out or questionable. Joe Burrow is out for the Bengals. Kansas City also has an extensive injury list and running back Isiah Pacheco must clear concussion protocol to play while several other players are out or questionable.
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Cincinnati is averaging 21.2 points and 322.1 yards per game which are 20th and 21st respectively. The Bangles are averaging only 82.7 yards on the ground which is last in the NFL and are 11th in passing yards at 239.4 yards per game. Jake Browning has 1,583 yards passing with eight touchdowns and six interceptions but in just seven games has been sacked 16 times. Joe Mixon has rushed for 858 yards to lead Cincinnati and has scored eight touchdowns. Ja’Marr Chase, who is listed as questionable, has 1,156 yards and seven touchdowns.
Cincinnati's defense is allowing an average of 23.0 points and 383.4 yards per game which are 22nd and 31st respectively. Cincinnati's defense allows 127.3 yards rushing which is 26th and 256.1 yards passing per game which is 28th. Cincinnati's defense is led by lineba cker Logan Wilson with 125 tackles. The leader in quarterback sacks is Trey Hendrickson with 16 and the leader in interceptions is Cam Taylor-Britt with four.
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