Bengals and coach Zac Taylor visit the Titans and Brian Callahan needing to win

Cincinnati (5-8) at Tennessee (3-10)

Sunday, 1 p.m. EST, Fox

BetMGM NFL Odds: Bengals by 5.

Against the spread: Bengals 7-6; Titans 2-11.

Series record: Tennessee leads 41-37-1.

Last meeting: Titans beat the Bengals 27-3 on Oct. 1, 2023.

Last week: Bengals beat the Cowboys 27-20; Titans lost to the Jaguars 10-6.

Bengals offense: overall (9), rush (29), pass (1), scoring (6)

Bengals defense: overall (26), rush (23), pass (27), scoring (31)

Titans offense: overall (29), rush (18), pass (29), scoring (30)

Titans defense: overall (2), rush (13), pass (1), scoring (27)

Turnover differential: Bengals 0; Titans plus-11

QB Joe Burrow. He leads the NFL with 3,706 yards passing and 33 touchdown passes. He also has six games passing for at least 300 yards and seven with at least three TD passes. He can join Pro Football Hall of Famer Steve Young as the only quarterbacks to do that in five straight games Sunday. Burrow has thrown at least two TD passes in six of seven road games this season, and he has three TD passes with no interceptions against the Titans.

Will Levis. The second-year quarterback is trying to blossom under first-year coach Brian Callahan much as Burrow did in Cincinnati where Callahan was his offensive coordinator the past five seasons. Levis aggravated the AC sprain in his right, throwing shoulder when sacked just before halftime of last week's loss. But he has not been intercepted in the past two games. He also has thrown for a career-high 1,827 yards and 12 TDs this season.

The Bengals bring the NFL's best passing offense and most potent duo in Burrow and WR Ja'Marr Chase to face off against the league's best defense against the pass. The Titans are holding opponents to just 175.5 yards passing a game, and they rank second against the run. Cincinnati is averaging an NFL-best 271.6 yards passing. That's why the Bengals have scored on 41 straight trips inside an opponent's 20 going back to the third quarter of Week 1. It's the longest active streak in the NFL, and their TD rate on such drives is 69%. Only Baltimore is better.

Bengals: Burrow hurt his left knee and finished Monday night's game wearing a compression sleeve. He has no injury designation after practicing in some fashion all week. ... DT Sheldon Rankins is out with an illness.

Titans: RB Tony Pollard is questionable with an ankle issue. He missed two straight practices before being limited Friday. ... Rookie LT JC Latham was added to the injury report with a hip issue after being limited Thursday but practiced fully Friday. ... K Nick Folk is dealing with a sore groin, which caused the Titans to sign Brayden Narveson to the practice squad as insurance. LB Kenneth Murray missed last week's game with an injured hamstring and is questionable after being limited Friday. LB Otis Reese has been limited by an ankle, had crutches at his locker Thursday and is questionable after missing two straight practices. CB Roger McCreary is questionable after being limited Friday after missing the previous game with an injured shoulder.

As former AFC Central rivals, the Titans are the Bengals' third-most played opponent in franchise history with Cincinnati playing only Pittsburgh and Cleveland more. ... The Titans are 7-5 in Tennessee since the old Oilers relocated from Houston in 1997. ... The Bengals have won seven of the past 10 overall, including going 4-3 in Nashville since the NFL realigned and split the division rivals in 2002. ... This is the fifth game between these teams have played in a five-year span. The Bengals beat the Titans in a divisional playoff game in Tennessee in January 2022. This is the third straight season these teams have met — all in Tennessee. They’ve split each of the past two games. ... The home team has won four of the past five in this series.

The Bengals are a win away from the franchise's 400th in the regular season. ... The Bengals need to win out to extend the franchise's streak of winning seasons to four straight. ... The Bengals snapped a three-game losing streak with Monday night's win. … Burrow hooked up WR Ja’Marr Chase for a 40-yard TD with 1:01 left to seal the win. … Chase leads the NFL in receptions (93), receiving yards (1,319) and a career-high TD catches (15). ... Chase can become the fifth player in NFL history with at least 100 catches, 1,400 yards receiving and 15 TD catches in a season joining Marvin Harrison (2001), Randy Moss (2003), Jerry Rice (1995) and Cooper Kupp (2021). ... Trey Hendrickson leads the NFL with 12 1/2 sacks. … K Cade York, picked up by the Bengals after Evan McPherson went on the injured list, hit both of his field-goal tries and made all three PATs. … RB Chase Brown has compiled 735 yards and six touchdowns. Against the Cowboys he rushed for 58 yards and caught six passes for 65 yards and a touchdown. … Bengals S Geno Stone got his second interception of the season against the Cowboys. CB Cam Taylor-Britt also has two…. LB Germaine Pratt leads the Bengals in tackles with 117. ... Seven of the Titans' losses have been by more than one score. ... RB Tony Pollard had his sixth game with at least 100 yards from scrimmage, including 102 yards rushing last week. He needs 63 yards rushing for his third straight 1,000-yard rushing season. ... WR Nick Westbrook-Ikhine is tied for fourth in the NFL with a career-high eight TD catches. ... WR Calvin Ridley had a team-high seven catches for 59 yards last week. ... LB Harold Landry has a team-high seven sacks, giving him at least seven for a third straight season and fourth in his career. ... LB Arden Key has two TFLs and a sack in two of the past three home games. ... LB Luke Gifford had a career-high 11 tackles last week. ... Reese had his first career interception last week. ... CB Chidobe Awuzie, who spent the past three seasons in Cincinnati, had his first interception of the season last week.

Chase. He is coming off a 14-catch, 177-yard performance with two TDs. That was his sixth career game with at least 175 yards receiving, tying him for second most by a player in his first four seasons in NFL history.

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Tennessee Titans cornerback Chidobe Awuzie, center front, celebrates with teammates after intercepting a Jacksonville Jaguars pass during the first half of an NFL football game, Sunday, Dec. 8, 2024, in Nashville, Tenn. (AP Photo/John Amis)

Cincinnati Bengals head coach Zac Taylor before an NFL football game against the Dallas Cowboys, Monday, Dec. 9, 2024, in Arlington, Texas. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez)

Tennessee Titans head coach Brian Callahan paces the sideline during the first half of an NFL football game against the Jacksonville Jaguars, Sunday, Dec. 8, 2024, in Nashville, Tenn. (AP Photo/John Amis)

Cincinnati Bengals quarterback Joe Burrow argues an intentional grounding penalty with officials during the first half of an NFL football game against the Dallas Cowboys, Monday, Dec. 9, 2024, in Arlington, Texas. (AP Photo/Gareth Patterson)

Tennessee Titans wide receiver Tyler Boyd (83) can't make a reception as he is defended by Jacksonville Jaguars safety Andre Cisco (5) during the second half of an NFL football game, Sunday, Dec. 8, 2024, in Nashville, Tenn. (AP Photo/John Amis)

Cincinnati Bengals wide receiver Ja'Marr Chase (1) celebrates his touchdown with wide receiver Tee Higgins (5) during the second half of an NFL football game against the Dallas Cowboys, Monday, Dec. 9, 2024, in Arlington, Texas. The Cincinnati Bengals won 27-20. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez)

Tennessee Titans quarterback Will Levis (8) is helped off the field by teammate offensive tackle Peter Skoronski (77) after he was injured on a play during the first half of an NFL football game against the Jacksonville Jaguars, Sunday, Dec. 8, 2024, in Nashville, Tenn. (AP Photo/George Walter IV)

Cincinnati Bengals quarterback Joe Burrow talks during a news conference after an NFL football game against the Dallas Cowboys, Monday, Dec. 9, 2024, in Arlington, Texas. The Cincinnati Bengals won 27-20. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez)

ST. LOUIS (AP) — World champions Ilia Malinin and the ice dance duo of Madison Chock and Evan Bates will anchor one of the strongest U.S. Figure Skating teams in history when they head to Italy for the Milan Cortina Olympics in less than a month.

Malinin, fresh off his fourth straight national title, will be the prohibitive favorite to follow in the footsteps of Nathan Chen by delivering another men's gold medal for the American squad when he steps on the ice at the Milano Ice Skating Arena.

Chock and Bates, who won their record-setting seventh U.S. title Saturday night, also will be among the Olympic favorites, as will world champion Alysa Liu and women's teammate Amber Glenn, fresh off her third consecutive national title.

U.S. Figure Skating announced its full squad of 16 athletes for the Winter Games during a made-for-TV celebration Sunday.

"I'm just so excited for the Olympic spirit, the Olympic environment," Malinin said. “Hopefully go for that Olympic gold.”

Malinin will be joined on the men's side by Andrew Torgashev, the all-or-nothing 24-year-old from Coral Springs, Florida, and Maxim Naumov, the 24-year-old from Simsbury, Connecticut, who fulfilled the hopes of his late parents by making the Olympic team.

Vadim Naumov and Evgenia Shishkova were returning from a talent camp in Kansas when their American Airlines flight collided with a military helicopter and crashed into the icy Potomac River in January 2025. One of the last conversations they had with their son was about what it would take for him to follow in their footsteps by becoming an Olympian.

“We absolutely did it,” Naumov said. “Every day, year after year, we talked about the Olympics. It means so much in our family. It's what I've been thinking about since I was 5 years old, before I even know what to think. I can't put this into words.”

Chock and Bates helped the Americans win team gold at the Beijing Games four years ago, but they finished fourth — one spot out of the medals — in the ice dance competition. They have hardly finished anywhere but first in the years since, winning three consecutive world championships and the gold medal at three straight Grand Prix Finals.

U.S. silver medalists Emilea Zingas and Vadym Kolesnik also made the dance team, as did the Canadian-born Christina Carreira, who became eligible for the Olympics in November when her American citizenship came through, and Anthony Ponomarenko.

Liu was picked for her second Olympic team after briefly retiring following the Beijing Games. She had been burned out by years of practice and competing, but stepping away seemed to rejuvenate the 20-year-old from Clovis, California, and she returned to win the first world title by an American since Kimmie Meissner stood atop the podium two decades ago.

Now, the avant-garde Liu will be trying to help the U.S. win its first women's medal since Sasha Cohen in Turin in 2006, and perhaps the first gold medal since Sarah Hughes triumphed four years earlier at the Salt Lake City Games.

Her biggest competition, besides a powerful Japanese contingent, could come from her own teammates: Glenn, a first-time Olympian, has been nearly unbeatable the past two years, while 18-year-old Isabeau Levito is a former world silver medalist.

"This was my goal and my dream and it just feels so special that it came true,” said Levito, whose mother is originally from Milan.

The two pairs spots went to Ellie Kam and Danny O'Shea, the U.S. silver medalists, and the team of Emily Chan and Spencer Howe.

The top American pairs team, two-time reigning U.S. champions Alisa Efimova and Misha Mitrofanov, were hoping that the Finnish-born Efimova would get her citizenship approved in time to compete in Italy. But despite efforts by the Skating Club of Boston, where they train, and the help of their U.S. senators, she did not receive her passport by the selection deadline.

“The importance and magnitude of selecting an Olympic team is one of the most important milestones in an athlete's life,” U.S. Figure Skating CEO Matt Farrell said, "and it has such an impact, and while there are sometimes rules, there is also a human element to this that we really have to take into account as we make decisions and what's best going forward from a selection process.

“Sometimes these aren't easy," Farrell said, “and this is not the fun part.”

The fun is just beginning, though, for the 16 athletes picked for the powerful American team.

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Amber Glenn competes during the women's free skating competition at the U.S. Figure Skating Championships, Friday, Jan. 9, 2026, in St. Louis. (AP Photo/Stephanie Scarbrough)

Alysa Liu skates during the "Making Team USA" performance at the U.S. Figure Skating Championships, Sunday, Jan. 11, 2026, in St. Louis. (AP Photo/Stephanie Scarbrough)

Maxim Naumov skates during the "Making Team USA" performance at the U.S. Figure Skating Championships, Sunday, Jan. 11, 2026, in St. Louis. (AP Photo/Stephanie Scarbrough)

Madison Chock and Evan Bates skate during the "Making the Team" performance at the U.S. Figure Skating Championships, Sunday, Jan. 11, 2026, in St. Louis. (AP Photo/Stephanie Scarbrough)

Gold medalist Ilia Malinin arrives for the metal ceremony after the men's free skate competition at the U.S. Figure Skating Championships, Saturday, Jan. 10, 2026, in St. Louis. (AP Photo/Jeff Roberson)