Ravens at Bengals Postgame Notes and Quotes

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.

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.

Cincinnati executed the “double-dip” for a second straight week, scoring a touchdown on the final true possession of the first half and the first possession of the second half. Burrow found Chase on a 41-yard bomb with nine seconds remaining in the second quarter to give the Bengals their first lead of the game.

The play marked Burrow’s 22nd touchdown pass of 40 or more yards since the start of the 2020 season, and Chase’s 14th TD reception from 40-plus since 2021 — both lead the NFL in their respective time frames.

The Bengals then opened the second half with a 12-play, 70-yard march down the field capped off by a five-yard scoring pass from Burrow to Higgins. It marked Higgins’ fifth career multi-TD game and his first since a Week 15 win over Minnesota last season.

The Bengals also pulled off the double-dip last week at Carolina, when they scored with one second remaining in the first half then found the end zone again early in the third quarter en route to their first win of the season.

Tee Higgins gave Cincinnati its first points of the afternoon with his first touchdown of the season, an 11-yard catch from Burrow on third down early in the second quarter. It was Higgins’ 25th career score, and his first since Week 16 of last season at Pittsburgh. He is the 15th player in Bengals history to reach 25 receiving touchdowns.

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.

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.