Cincinnati Bengals neutral-script seconds per play, 2026
29.52
18th of 32 in the NFL
- 29.42
- On 112 neutral-script snaps through Week 5
How fast do the Bengals play?
The Bengals have taken 29.52 seconds per play in neutral game situations through Week 5, 18th-fastest in the NFL.
Week by week
| Through | Neutral Sec/Play | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| Week 1 | 21.00 | 2nd |
| Week 2 | 27.09 | 3rd |
| Week 3 | 28.94 | 12th |
| Week 4 | 29.52 | 18th |
| Week 5 | 29.52 | 18th |
Last season
Up from 29.22 in 2025, which ranked 4th of 32.
From the Bengals weekly
Fourth and ten at the Jacksonville twenty-one, fifty-six seconds left, Cincinnati down twenty-two to seventeen with no timeouts. Three snaps had carried the Bengals from their own seventeen into range: twenty-nine yards to Mitchell Tinsley, eighteen to Mike Gesicki, fifteen to Dohnte Meyers. Then three straight incompletions. On fourth down Joe Burrow threw short over the middle to Chase Brown, and Brown was brought down at the twelve. Nine yards, one short. By win probability, the model's read on each team's chance of winning at that moment, that snap took Cincinnati from about thirty percent to three, the biggest swing of the game. 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, it was minus two point three. Jacksonville knelt twice. The Bengals lost twenty-two to seventeen at home on a day Burrow threw for four hundred twenty-eight yards.
Read the Week 4 note →Which offenses play the fastest in 2026?
Carolina Panthers (26.02), New Orleans Saints (26.27), then Dallas Cowboys (27.94) lead the league. All 32 teams on the Team Pace board.
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