Cincinnati Bengals blitz rate, 2026
13.5%
32nd of 32 in the NFL
- 28.6%
- On 133 dropbacks faced through Week 3
How often do the Bengals blitz?
The Bengals have sent five or more pass rushers on 13.5% of the dropbacks they faced through Week 3, 32nd in the NFL.
Week by week
| Through | Blitz% | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| Week 1 | 13.9% | 28th |
| Week 2 | 11.3% | 32nd |
| Week 3 | 13.5% | 32nd |
Last season
Down from 17.6% in 2025, which ranked 32nd of 32.
From the Bengals weekly
Eleven oh four left in the fourth quarter, Cincinnati up twenty-seven to twenty-four, and Pittsburgh punting on fourth and ten from its own thirty-six. By win probability — the model's read on each team's chance of winning at that moment — the Bengals were at sixty-seven percent, the highest they reached all afternoon. The punt went fifty-one yards, Williams muffed the catch at the Cincinnati sixteen, and Pittsburgh's Ben Skowronek recovered at the fourteen. Twenty-six points of win probability on one snap, and by expected points added — what a snap was worth given the down, the distance and the field position, measured against what that situation was already worth — plus five point five for the Steelers. Pittsburgh gained minus four yards from there and still tied it with a field goal. Then it took the lead with another, and with fifty-three seconds left, Cincinnati down three and at the Pittsburgh thirty-eight, Joe Burrow was sacked by Harmon, fumbled, and Pittsburgh recovered. The Bengals went from forty-five percent to three. They lost thirty to twenty-seven in Pittsburgh on a day their offense produced more expected points than Pittsburgh's did.
Read the Week 3 note →Which defenses blitz the most in 2026?
Minnesota Vikings (72.9%), Washington Commanders (46.6%), then Tampa Bay Buccaneers (46.2%) lead the league. All 32 teams on the Defensive Blitz Rate board.
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