NFL Week 5: Ravens edge out Bengals in OT, 41-38; Everything Bengals QB Joe Burrow said in his Post-Game News Conference

By Lydia Jane Allison

Joe Burrow (courtesy IMAGN, photo by Frank Bowen IV of The Enquirer via USA Today Sports)

 

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POSTGAME NOTES

Burrow Moves to Fifth on Bengals All-Time Passing Yards List

Joe Burrow in the second quarter surpassed former quarterback Jeff Blake for fifth place on the Bengals all-time passing yards chart. He entered the day 73 passing yards shy of Blake (15,134), who played in 75 games for Cincinnati from 1994-99.

Burrow’s career passing yardage total following Sunday’s game is 15,453. Positioned fourth on the team’s all-time list is Carson Palmer, who threw for 22,694 yards during his Bengals career.

Career-high Five TDs for Burrow

Burrow completed 30 of 39 passes for 392 yards and five touchdowns with one interception, good for a 137.0 passer rating that goes in as the fourth-highest in a game in his career. His five scoring tosses set a new career high (threw four on four occasions), and tied for the second-most in a game in Bengals history. Three previous Cincinnati quarterbacks had five or more touchdown passes in a game — Boomer Esiason (twice), Carson Palmer (twice), and Andy Dalton.

Burrow became the 10th quarterback in NFL history with a stat line of 390+ passing yards, 5+ touchdown passes and a completion percentage of 75+, and the first since former Houston QB Deshaun Watson in 2019.

Chase Shines in 50th Game

Ja’Marr Chase played in his 50th career regular-season game on Sunday and finished with 10 catches for 193 yards and two touchdowns. His scoring receptions were a 41-yarder from Burrow with nine seconds remaining in the first half, and a 70-yarder on a quick screen midway through the fourth quarter.

Chase’s career receiving yardage total following the game is 4,210, which surpasses Pro Football Hall of Famer Jerry Rice (4,164) for the fifth-most in NFL history through a player’s first 50 games. Leading that list are Lance Alworth (4,785), Odell Beckham Jr. (4,695), Julio Jones (4,471) and Randy Moss (4,272).

Chase also is one of just five players in league history with over 4,000 receiving yards and 30 receiving touchdowns through 50 games, alongside Rice, Moss, Beckham and former Bengals Pro Bowler A.J. Green.

Chase’s 70-yarder marked his 10th career touchdown reception of 60+ yards, which tied Harlon Hill for the most in NFL history by a player under the age of 25.

Hubbard Stops Henry For Safety

Sam Hubbard snuck through the Ravens’ offensive line and stuffed running back Derrick Henry two yards deep in the Baltimore end zone for a safety midway through the second quarter. It marked the first safety recorded by the Bengals since Week 13 of the 2019 season, when Cincinnati drew a holding call when the N.Y. Jets attempted a pass from their own end zone.

A Pair of Two-Pointers

The safety forced by Hubbard was followed later by a successful two-point conversion via a Chase Brown one-yard run late in the second quarter. It marked the first time in Bengals history that the team recorded a safety and a two-point conversion in the same half. The last time Cincinnati had a pair of two-point plays of any kind in the same game was Week 16 of the 2019 season, when the Bengals converted a two-point attempt twice in the fourth quarter at Miami.

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