The first-half stats Saturday in Foxboro were stunning.
Joe Burrow and the Cincinnati Bengals destroyed the New England Patriots on the scoreboard to the tune of 22-0 and in stats.
- Burrow was 28-of-36 for 284 yards and 3 touchdowns … in the first 30 minutes.
- His counterpart, Mac Jones, was all of 5-of-8 for 34 yards.
The team stats look like something out of a cupcake opponent in college.
- The Bengals had 22 first downs to New England’s 3. Fifteen of Cincy’s first downs came via the pass, compared to 1 for the Patriots.
- Total yards were 303 for Cincinnati and 70 for New England.
- The Bengals ran 48 plays compared to 17 for New England.
- The Bengals’ time of possession was 21:26 to the Patriots’ 8:34.
- Cincinnati was 7-of-9 on third down compared to New England’s 0-for-4.
- Oh, and the Bengals had 4 first downs via penalties, which was one more than New England had in total.
