Jerome Ford Fantasy Football Week 1: Stats and Projections vs. Bengals

Jerome Ford and the Cleveland Browns will play the Cincinnati Bengals -- whose run defense was ranked 19th in the league last season (124.8 yards conceded per game) -- in Week 1, on Sunday at 1 p.m. ET.

Is Ford a daily fantasy option for you this week, as he plays the Bengals? More stats and information can be found in this article, so check it out.

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Jerome Ford Week 1 Fantasy Football Projection

• Matchup: Cleveland Browns vs. Cincinnati Bengals
• Game Date: September 7, 2025
• Game Time: 1 p.m.
• Projected Fantasy Points: 10.3
• PPR Projected Fantasy Points: 11.6
• Projected Rushing Yards: 57.20
• Projected Rushing TDs: 0.34
• Projected Receiving Yards: 18.56
• Projected Receiving TDs: 0.12

Projections provided by numberFire

Ford 2024 Fantasy Performance

• Ranked 152nd overall and 37th at his position, Ford accumulated 97.0 fantasy points (6.9 per game) in 2024.
• In Week 16 last season versus the Cincinnati Bengals, Ford posted a season-high of 19.1 fantasy points, with this stat line: 11 carries, 92 yards, 1 TD; 5 receptions, 39 yards.
• In his second-best performance last season -- Week 15 against the Kansas City Chiefs -- Ford picked up 16.4 fantasy points. His stat line: 7 carries, 84 yards, 1 TD.
• In his worst game of the year, Ford ended up with 0.7 fantasy points -- 2 carries, 5 yards. That happened in Week 9 against the Los Angeles Chargers.
• Ford picked up 1.4 fantasy points -- 2 carries, 14 yards -- in Week 6 against the Philadelphia Eagles, his second-worst performance of the year.

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Bengals Defensive Performance

• Against Cincinnati last year, two players registered more than 300 passing yards in a game.
• 14 players have thrown for at least one touchdown in a tilt against the Bengals last year.
• In the passing game, Cincinnati allowed 10 players to throw at least two touchdowns in a game last year.
• Last year, the Bengals allowed four players to throw for three or more TDs in a game.
• Versus Cincinnati last season, six players collected more than 100 receiving yards in a game.
• Against the Bengals last season, 28 players hauled in a TD pass.
• Against Cincinnati last year, two players hauled in more than one touchdown pass in a game.
• In the ground game, four players put up more than 100 rushing yards in a game against the Bengals last season.
• Against Cincinnati last season, 17 players ran for at least one TD.
• Only two players rushed for multiple TDs in a game against the Bengals last year.

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