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2026 Week 3 · Sep 27, 2026 · Medium

Bengals at Steelers final drive: call the plays

CIN27
2:084th
30PIT
1st & 10Ball on own 30
CINPIT101020203030404050504040303020201010

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The situation

Cincinnati Bengals down 3 (27–30), 2:08 left in the fourth quarter, 1st & 10 on the own 30. You are the play-caller for this Bengals at Steelers final drive.

Score
Bengals 27, Steelers 30
Clock
2:08, Q4
Ball
1st & 10, own 30
Timeouts
1 left (defense 1)
Difficulty
Medium
Typical win rate
29%

The difficulty comes from how often a typical NFL play-caller wins from this spot in our simulation. The real head coach was Zac Taylor; the defense was coached by Mike McCarthy.

What really happened on this drive

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The Bengals turned it over. Final score: Bengals 27, Steelers 30, a loss for Bengals.

  1. 1st & 10 at the own 30, 2:08 · Short middle (close)
    9-J.Burrow pass short middle to 1-J.Chase to CIN 47 for 17 yards (20-R.Jenkins).
  2. 1st & 10 at the own 47, 2:00 · Play action (close)
    9-J.Burrow pass short right to 30-C.Brown to CIN 43 for -4 yards (6-P.Queen) [95-K.Benton].
  3. 2nd & 14 at the own 43, 1:25 · Quick out (costly)
    9-J.Burrow pass short left to 88-M.Gesicki to CIN 49 for 6 yards (20-R.Jenkins).
  4. 3rd & 8 at the own 49, 0:58 · Quick out (costly)
    9-J.Burrow pass short right to 1-J.Chase ran ob at PIT 38 for 13 yards (23-D.Everette).
  5. 1st & 10 at the opp 38, 0:53 · Play action (close)
    9-J.Burrow sacked at PIT 46 for -8 yards (99-D.Harmon). FUMBLES (99-D.Harmon) [99-D.Harmon], RECOVERED by PIT-69-S.Joseph at CIN 49.

By our grades, Zac Taylor made the best or a near-best call (green) on 0 of 5 graded snaps and gave up 3.2 win-probability points per call on average. Plays with penalties are not graded.

How this final drive is graded

Every call you make is compared with every other call available on that snap. We play out the rest of the drive hundreds of times from your exact down, distance, field position, clock and timeouts, with results drawn from real NFL plays and a typical NFL play-caller making the later calls. The difference in win probability between your call and the best call is your grade for that snap. The final drive result, touchdown or not, does not change the grades. Read the full method.

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