Not only is the Bengals' 41-17 win over the Ravens a breakthrough victory that puts them at the top of what we can now officially be called the Ja'Marr AFC Playoff Chase, it puts them in a tie for first place in the AFC North and comes on the heels of Baltimore's 65-6 domination in last year's two games.
"It's a different team," said head coach Zac Taylor. "We're allowed to build and improve, and we just have a different mentality right now. We've done a lot of different things to get to this position, and I've given out a lot of tough speeches over time about great things to come and [to] keep working. And you hope and pray that the team believes in that. That's the foundation of what we're building, and this is the result. This is their moment. Everything we've talked about, we've earned. We're starting to earn respect, but we still have a long way to go."
A win over the Jets in New York next Sunday with the Ravens on their bye would put the Bengals in first place all by themselves in November for the first time since the 2015 AFC North title run.
Quarterback Joe Burrow, who came into the game as the AFC's leading passer, put up career-high 416 yards while gobbling up nearly 11 yards per throw on five passes of at least 26 yards. His yards per attempt for the season is 9.22, one percentage point better than Boomer Esiason's mark in his 1988 MVP season.
It came after he was hit 15 times last year in Baltimore, complete with two sack-strips. He lost one. The only free runners Sunday were his receivers over the middle.
"Obviously last year wasn't very fun. Today was a lot of fun," Burrow said. "Now it just really comes from preparation during the week and getting a lot of extra reps with the guys and our guys on the outside making plays. There wasn't a ton for me to do today apart from trying to protect the ball. It was putting balls in positions where our guys could go make plays."
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