Bengals Ground the Jets in 27 -12 Win

Date: Monday September 26, 2022

Writer: Anthony Iles

The Bengals came into MetLife Stadium and made it a point to have a statement game against the Jets. Joe Burrow and the offense took the ball first and spread the ball around passing with mixing in a few runs while scoring 2 TD’s in the 1st quarter. The offensive line looked much better protecting Burrow compared to the first two games. Only 2 sacks were allowed on Joe in this game. Both Burrow and the offensive line played smarter. Joe moved around more in the pocket giving more time to make plays. He threw the ball away a couple times to live another down instead of getting sacked. It has been little things that have skewed the amount of sacks this season and after watching this game you can tell Joe has made an effort to get rid of the ball when needed to live another down. When the full blitzes came Joe released the ball so fast to the receivers that they got 5 yard slant catches that resulted in big gains and 2 TDs !!!

The Bengals defense played solid just like these first 2 games and this week created even more turnovers. They had 4 sacks on Flacco, 2 INTs, and forced 3 fumbles in which Bengals recovered 2 of them. Special teams played solid as well. This was the team we saw at the end of last season as they made their playoff push getting to the Super Bowl. I think offensive line has now found some good chemistry now that they are 12 quarters into playing with one another. They will continue to get better as the season goes and be full throttle in the second half of the season.

Bengals host the Dolphins on Thursday night football this week. With the Bengals at 1-2 a win versus the Dolphins would put them at 2-2 and a chance to be tied for 1st place in the AFC North after week 4. Ravens are 2-1 and facing the Bills next week. With the Bills coming off a disappointing loss Ravens are going to be in for a long day against the Bills. I predict Bills win and Ravens fall to 2-2. The Browns are 2-1 and will face the Falcons. I think Falcons will edge this one out and the Browns will drop to 2-2. As for the Steelers, they were fortunate the Bengals LS got hurt and Bengals could not close it out in week one. They are 1-2 and face the Jets next week. I think it will be a close game. If the Jets have their starting QB play instead of Flacco I think Jets will beat Steelers by 7. This would drop the Steelers to 1-3. If Steelers find a way to win over the Jets then they will be 2-2 and all 4 AFC North teams will have a 2-2 record.

We welcome Miami to the jungle!!! It will be a good game and the Bengals will roar and get win #2 Thursday night!!

Who Dey!!!!