Week 17 · 2026
Thu, Dec 31 · 8:15 PM ET · Paycor Stadium · 3-1 vs 2-2
Published pre-game snapshot. Player availability and roster changes are not inputs to these probabilities.
tie 0.38%
BAL at CIN · published probabilities
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nfl-margin-lattice-1. Narrow wins sum published margin probabilities. Wider wins use the remainder of each team's published win chance. Ties stay separate.
The 3s and 7s are football's arithmetic — a normal curve would draw a tidy bell straight through them.
CIN by 3 8.16%by 3 or more 44.0%
3.58% of the distribution lies outside 28 points and is not drawn.
Slide to any line the model prices — a whole number can push, and at −3 that is worth about one game in twelve.
| CIN line | covers | push | BAL covers |
|---|---|---|---|
| -14 | 13.0% | 2.4% | 84.6% |
| -10 | 19.1% | 3.1% | 77.9% |
| -7 | 25.2% | 4.6% | 70.2% |
| -6 | 29.8% | 3.4% | 66.8% |
| -4 | 35.3% | 2.5% | 62.2% |
| -3 | 37.8% | 8.2% | 54.1% |
| PK | 50.6% | 0.4% | 49.1% |
| +3 | 55.4% | 7.5% | 37.1% |
| +4 | 62.9% | 3.0% | 34.1% |
| +6 | 68.0% | 3.2% | 28.8% |
| +7 | 71.2% | 4.7% | 24.2% |
| +10 | 78.6% | 2.6% | 18.8% |
| +14 | 84.6% | 2.5% | 12.8% |
No line published — which is a different fact from an even line.
From ESPN — the model does not see this, so apply it to the forecast above yourself.
BAL at CIN · game summary
Thu, Dec 31 · 8:15 PM ET
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