Cincinnati (4-8) at Buffalo (8-4)
Sunday 1 p.m. EST, Fox
BetMGM NFL Odds: Bills by 5 1/2
Against the spread: Bengals 5-7; Bills 6-6
Series record: Tied 17-17
Last meeting: Bengals beats Bills 24-18 at Cincinnati on Nov. 5, 2023.
Last week: Bengals beat Ravens 32-14 at Baltimore. Bills beat Steelers 26-7 at Pittsburgh.
Bengals offense: overall (22), rush (30), pass (11), scoring (16).
Bengals defense: overall (32), rush (31), pass (32), scoring (32).
Bills offense: overall (2), rush (1), pass (10), scoring (5).
Bills defense: overall (8), rush (30), pass (1), scoring (13).
Turnover differential: Bengals minus-3; Bills minus-2;
QB Joe Burrow. Cincinnati's franchise quarterback looked solid in his first game back after missing nine weeks because of a turf toe injury, passing for 261 yards and two touchdowns in the win over Baltimore. The Bengals have won their past eight games when Burrow has been the starting quarterback.
RB James Cook. This might be Josh Allen’s offense, but Cook has been the constant this season. The fourth-year player is the NFL’s second-leading rusher with a career-best 1,228 yards, coming off his seventh 100-yard outing of the season, and he faces a defense that’s allowed 100 yards in every outing except the opener.
Bengals WR Ja’Marr Chase vs. Bills CB Christian Benford. Even with Burrow sidelined for all but three games, Chase is 29 yards shy of his fifth straight 1,000-yard receiving season, and 14 receptions short of his third straight 100-catch season. He’ll line up against Benford, a fourth-year player who has been Buffalo’s most consistent defender this season. Benford is coming off his best outing of the season, in limiting Pittsburgh’s D.K. Metcalf to three catches for 32 yards, had his first interception of the season and returned a fumble 17 yards for a touchdown.
Bengals: DE Trey Hendrickson (hip/pelvis) is expected to miss his fifth straight game. ... WR Tee Higgins and RB Tahj Brooks could return after missing last week's game because of the concussion protocol.
Bills: Edge rusher Joey Bosa (hamstring) and LB Terrel Bernard (elbow) have been ruled out. ... WR Joshua Palmer's status is uncertain because of knee and ankle issues. ... LT Dion Dawkins (concussion) carries no injury designation and is expected to play, while RT Spencer Brown (right shoulder) is listed as questionable. ... TE Dalton Kincaid (hamstring/knee) has a chance to return after missing three games.
The Bengals have won six of the past eight meetings, including a 27-10 win in the AFC divisional round of the 2022 playoffs. The playoff win came three weeks after a regular-season meeting at Cincinnati was canceled when Bills safety Damar Hamlin went into cardiac arrest and was resuscitated on the field. Buffalo has lost two straight since a 21-17 home win in 2019. The Bills dominated the series by winning 10 straight in a stretch spanning 1989-2010.
The Bengals are 14-3 in regular-season games played in December and January since the 2022 season. The 14 wins are tied with Buffalo for the most. ... Burrow has 17 300-yard passing games, which is tied with Kurt Warner for third most in a player's first six seasons. ... RB Chase Brown has six straight games with at least 100 scrimmage yards, the longest active streak in the league. He has at least six catches in three of the past four games. ... Cincinnati's defense forced a season-high five turnovers last week. ... The Bengals lead the league with 138 missed tackles, but only 12 have come in the past two games. ... DE Joseph Ossai had a career-high two sacks last week. ... LB Demetrius Knight Jr. is one of two NFL rookies with at least five tackles in 10 or more games. ... S Jordan Battle has at least six tackles in six straight road games. ... K Evan McPherson has made his past nine field goals, including a franchise-record 63-yarder against New England two weeks ago. ... The Bills lead the NFL with a combined 23-4 record in regular-season games played in December and January since 2020, with two of their losses coming last season. ... Allen’s 8-yard TD run last week was the 76th of his career in a regular-season game, breaking the NFL record among quarterbacks previously held by Cam Newton. ... Allen has committed seven giveaways (six interceptions and a lost fumble) over his past four starts, and 10 overall this season. Four of his interceptions have occurred inside an opponent’s 20. He’s 47-31 when committing a turnover, including 3-4 this season. ... Buffalo is 6-1 when Cook tops 100 yards rushing this season. ... Buffalo’s 16 first downs rushing against Pittsburgh was the team’s most since having 20 in a 31-10 win over Dallas on Dec. 17, 2023. ... Buffalo is 5-2 this season when scoring a TD on its game-opening drive. ... The Bills have scored touchdown returns in consecutive outings. Aside from Benford’s fumble return, Ray Davis returned a kickoff 97 yards for a TD against Houston. ... Buffalo limited Pittsburgh to 10 first downs, the fewest against the Bills since they allowed four in a 27-10 win over the Jets in the 2021 season finale.
Allen is a must start, even with his recent rash of turnovers and Buffalo’s middling group of receivers. Allen’s dual threat presence provides a healthy floor in a season he’s had 10 outings with multiple touchdowns, and six with three or more.
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Buffalo Bills quarterback Josh Allen (17) scores a touchdown during the second half of an NFL football game against the Pittsburgh Steelers Sunday, Nov. 30, 2025, in Pittsburgh. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar)
Cincinnati Bengals quarterback Joe Burrow (9) joined by safety Geno Stone (22), defensive end Myles Murphy (99) and center Ted Karras (64) talks with NBC Sports sideline reporter Melissa Stark, right, after NFL football game against the Baltimore Ravens, Thursday, Nov. 27, 2025, in Baltimore. (AP Photo/Stephanie Scarbrough)
WEST BLOOMFIELD, Mich. (AP) — An attacker armed with a rifle rammed his vehicle into one of the nation’s largest reform synagogues Thursday, driving through a hallway as security opened fire, fatally shooting him, The Associated Press has learned.
The vehicle caught fire after crashing into Temple Israel in West Bloomfield Township, just outside Detroit, according to a person familiar with the matter who spoke to the AP.
None of the synagogue’s staff, teachers or the 140 children at its early childhood center were injured, Oakland County Sheriff Mike Bouchard said.
The attacker drove through a set of doors and into the hallway where something in the vehicle ignited, Bouchard said. “He was traveling with purpose down the hall, from my look at the video,” Bouchard said.
Investigators were still working to identify the man and a possible motive, said the person who could not publicly discuss details of the investigation and spoke to the AP on condition of anonymity. The person cautioned that the investigation was still in the early stages.
In the minutes after the attack, smoke billowed from the synagogue. One security officer was hit by the vehicle and knocked unconscious but did not suffer life-threatening injuries, the sheriff said.
The synagogue has multiple security officers, he said, and at least one fired at the suspect, who was found dead inside his vehicle.
“We can’t say what killed him at this point but security did engage the suspect with gunfire,” the sheriff said, adding that it was possible the attacker killed himself or died some other way.
In a statement posted on Facebook, the synagogue praised its security personnel “who are truly heroes" for neutralizing the gunman.
“Our teachers followed their training and kept the children safe and calm,” it said.
About a dozen parents sprinted to get their children soon after authorities cleared the building. Other families were reunited at a nearby Jewish Community Center.
Allison Jacobs, whose 18-month-old daughter is enrolled in Temple Israel’s day care, said she got a message from a teacher saying the children were OK even before she knew what happened.
“There are no words. I was in complete and utter shock,” she told the AP. “I was hoping that it was a false report.”
Jacobs, whose family is Jewish, said she tries not to think about all that’s going on in the world.
“You never think that this is actually going to happen to you,” she said. “But I know that it’s — it’s just terrible. This morning I was mourning the loss of the school that got hit in Iran.”
Synagogues around the world have been on edge and have been ramping up security since the U.S. and Israel launched a war with Iran with missile strikes on Feb. 28.
The FBI has warned that Iranian operatives may be planning drone attacks on targets in California. Two men brought explosives to a far-right protest outside the New York mayoral mansion on Saturday. Investigators allege they were inspired by the Islamic State extremist group.
And an assailant drove a car into people outside an Orthodox synagogue in Manchester, England, on Yom Kippur, the holiest day of the Jewish calendar. He stabbed two people to death before officers shot and killed him.
President Donald Trump said he had been fully briefed on the attack, calling it a “terrible thing.”
Oakland County is Michigan’s second-largest county with roughly 1.3 million people. The majority of Detroit-area Jewish residents live there.
“This is heartbreaking,” Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer said in a statement. “Michigan’s Jewish community should be able to live and practice their faith in peace.”
It was the second attack at a house of worship in Michigan within the past year. Last October, a former Marine fatally shot four people at a church north of Detroit and set it ablaze. The FBI later said he was motivated by “anti-religious beliefs” against The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
Temple Israel has 12,000 members, according to its website, which says the synagogue is “passionate about helping Jewish communities across the globe” and that its mission is to “create a community building through the lens of Reform Judaism.”
The Jewish Federation of Detroit briefly advised all Jewish organizations in the area to lock down.
Rabbi Jeffrey Myers, a survivor of the 2018 Pittsburgh synagogue massacre, said in a statement that the Michigan attack demonstrates yet again the consequences of hatred.
“We lose our humanity when we seek violent means as a solution,” said Myers, rabbi of the Tree of Life Congregation, where 11 worshippers died in the deadliest antisemitic attack in U.S. history. “No one should dwell in fear because of who they are.”
Durkin Richer reported from Washington, D.C. Associated Press reporters Ed White in Detroit; Todd Richmond in Madison, Wisconsin; John Seewer in Toledo, Ohio; and Eric Tucker in Washington, D.C., contributed.
Oakland County Sheriff Michael Bouchard speaks to media as police respond to scene of a shooting at Temple Israel in West Bloomfield, Mich., on Thursday, March 12 2026. (Jacob Hamilton /Ann Arbor News via AP)
Law enforcement escort families with children away from the Temple Israel synagogue Thursday, March 12, 2026, in West Bloomfield Township, Mich. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya)
Police respond to scene of a shooting at Temple Israel in West Bloomfield, Mich., on Thursday, March 12 2026. (Jacob Hamilton/Ann Arbor News via AP)
Law enforcement respond to a call at Temple Israel synagogue Thursday, March 12, 2026, in West Bloomfield Township, Mich. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya)
Law enforcement respond to a call at Temple Israel synagogue Thursday, March 12, 2026, in West Bloomfield Township, Mich. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya)
Law enforcement respond to a call at Temple Israel synagogue Thursday, March 12, 2026, in West Bloomfield Township, Mich. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya)
A woman gathers children as law enforcement respond to a call at Temple Israel synagogue on Thursday, March 12, 2026, in West Bloomfield Township, Mich. (AP Photo/Corey Williams)
Law enforcement respond to a call at Temple Israel synagogue on Thursday, March 12, 2026, in West Bloomfield Township, Mich. (AP Photo/Corey Williams)
Law enforcement respond to a call at Temple Israel synagogue, Thursday, March 12, 2026 in West Bloomfield Township, Mich. (AP Photo/Corey Williams)
Law enforcement respond to a call at Temple Israel synagogue in West Bloomfield Township, Mich. (AP Photo/Corey Williams)
People gather near Temple Israel synagogue in West Bloomfield Township, Mich. (AP Photo/Corey Williams)
