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Cincinnati Bengals Defense vs Tight Ends (2025)

In 2025, the Cincinnati Bengals allowed 84.9 receiving yards per game to tight ends — #32 of 32 (1 = stingiest). This is a two-year-stable soft matchup — one of the few defense-vs-position tendencies that repeated across seasons.

Everything they allowed to tight ends, per game

Metric	Season	Last 4	Last 2
Targets allowed	9.6	7.0	8.5
Receptions allowed	6.8	4.8	5.5
Rec yds allowed	84.9	46.5	41.0
Rec TD allowed	0.9	0.2	0.5
Yards per target	8.8	6.6	4.8
Explosive receptions (20+)	1.2	0.5	0.0

Last 4 = weeks 15–18; last 2 = weeks 17–18. 2025 regular season.

Upcoming: week 1 vs Tampa Bay Buccaneers

Tight Ends they'll face first: Cade Otton.

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Methodology: computed from nflverse play-by-play; a quarter's yards are the yards gained on plays snapped in that quarter. Averages use each player's games played, not team games. Updated 2026-10-29.

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