Overview

• Detroit is 3-1 after three straight wins, averaging 41.3 points, and has not allowed a sack in three games for the first time since 1982.
• Cincinnati is 2-2 without Joe Burrow and has dropped two blowouts by a combined 76-13, averaging a league-low 4.13 plays per drive with Jake Browning under center and five interceptions.
• Jared Goff dismissed talk of a trap game, emphasizing that Detroit cannot take the Bengals lightly despite their recent offensive struggles.
• Predictions overwhelmingly favor the Lions, with MLive’s beat writers and multiple national outlets forecasting a comfortable Detroit win.
• Detroit’s rushing tandem of Jahmyr Gibbs and David Montgomery faces a Bengals defense that has yielded a league-high 303 rushing yards on missed tackles.