The Cincinnati Bengals have provided a rollercoaster of reactions over the first few weeks of the season.
Few will ever be as positive as the ones exiting the team’s 35-17 win over the Atlanta Falcons on Sunday.
Joe Burrow and Co. cruised to a 21-0 lead and never really looked back as each of Burrow’s big three weapons at wideout had massive games. That helped compensate for the fact the defense was hurting while missing Logan Wilson and DJ Reader.
Here’s a look at some of the best reactions from fans and media alike after the win before the team starts prepping for a divisional encounter with the Browns.
Joe Burrow: 481 yards
Tyler Boyd: 155 yards
Ja’Marr Chase: 130 yards
Tee Higgins: 93 yards
DEFENSE: NO TOUCHDOWNS ALLOWED IN THE SECOND HALF THIS SEASON
IF WE AINT THE GREATEST THEN WE HEADED FOR IT
— Commissioner Yas (@commissioneryas) October 23, 2022
And the second half defense allowed ZERO points
— Goodberry (@JoeGoodberry) October 23, 2022
Bengals with that winning record and tied for first place.
— Lindsay Patterson (@LndsPatterson) October 23, 2022
There are few things as a sports fan more enjoyable than being a football fan during the 4th quarter when your team is winning and the outcome isn’t in doubt.
I had fun.
— Mo Egger (@MoEgger) October 23, 2022
Bengals win, 35-17.
Cincinnati has its best offensive performance. Defense holds strong in second half.
Your Bengals now improve to 4-3 on the year with two games to play before the bye week.
— Kelsey Conway (@KelseyLConway) October 23, 2022
Joe Burrow today:
481 passing yards
3 passing touchdowns
34/42
138.2 passer rating
1 rushing touchdown
21 rushing yards
1 WIN— Blake Jewell (@BlakeJewellNFL) October 23, 2022
#Bengals receivers today 🔥
Tyler Boyd – 155 yards, TD
Ja’Marr Chase – 130 yards, 2 TD
Tee Higgins – 93 yardsThe Big 3 was so close to all being over 100 yards receiving.
— Marisa Contipelli (@BengalsMarisa) October 23, 2022
Cam Taylor-Britt came and played at a high level 👀🔥🔥🔥‼️‼️ #RuleTheJungle
— Just Eric (@JUSTERIC__) October 23, 2022
That was fun! Let’s do it again Halloween Night 🎃🧡🐅🖤 #WhoDey #RuleTheJungle https://t.co/dkDSHMGRLX
— Jerrie 🧡🐅🖤 (@_jerrbear_) October 23, 2022
Great win, great performance. Offense on fire in the first half, Joe Boy iridescent, and the defense does it AGAIN in the second half.
4-3. On to Cleveland and MNF.
— Bengals UK (@WhoDey_UK) October 23, 2022
Bengals STILL HAVE NOT ALLOWED a second half touchdown. Did not allow a Score today. This is the first time this has happened in the last 25 years. The bengals defense is fr.
— ZIM (@zimwhodey) October 23, 2022
Bengals look prepared and take care of business on both sides of the ball, outclassing a team they were clearly better than for the first time this year
— Marcus Hartman (@marcushartman) October 23, 2022
Joe Burrow with 480+ passing yds and 3 pass TD today.
The last player to do that …
JOE BURROW #RuleTheJungle pic.twitter.com/30lvAmCyVI
— Hard Rock Sportsbook (@HardRockSB) October 23, 2022
Bengals offense today:
Joe Burrow – 34/42 481 yds 4 total TD
Joe Mixon – 18 car 57 yds 1 TD
Tyler Boyd – 8 rec 155 yds 1 TD
Ja’Marr Chase – 8 rec 130 yds 2 TD
Tee Higgins – 5 rec 93 yds
Hayden Hurst – 6 rec 48 ydsThis offense has its swagger back.
What. A. DEY.
— Patrick Carey (@PatCareySports) October 23, 2022
THE WINCINNATI BENGALS pic.twitter.com/QWKAU4OLvi
— WINCINNATI (@WINCINNATI_) October 23, 2022
The #Bengals are only the third NFL team in the last 50 years to go 7 straight games without allowing a second half TD.
— Joe Danneman (@FOX19Joe) October 23, 2022
Only one player in NFL history has had two games of 500+ total yards and 4 total TDs in his career.#Bengals Joe Burrow. pic.twitter.com/GLdm1Wf6B7
— Dov Kleiman (@NFL_DovKleiman) October 23, 2022
Burrow finishes with a sparkling .6 EPA/play on 29.6 total EPA on the game, a deeper than we're used to 8.9 yard average depth of target, and a 17.3% completion percentage over expected.
All of those are extremely good.
— Jake Liscow (@JakeLiscow) October 23, 2022
Just like that.
The Bengals have won four of their last five games.
Momentum is the word Zac Taylor used this week. #Bengals
— Jeremy Rauch (@FOX19Jeremy) October 23, 2022
Say what you want about how depleted Atlanta's defense is but the Bengals offense looked like the best unit in the league today. Look at the scores around the league. Good teams dominate at home against a weaker opponent.
Joe Burrow made sure the Bengals did that today.
— Kelsey Conway (@KelseyLConway) October 23, 2022
Bengals might be big time back
— Big Cat (@BarstoolBigCat) October 23, 2022
