• PFF’s noise-canceled rating metric places Bengals forward: Cincinnati fell brief in three high-leverage conditions: one fumble, one short-yardage fourth-down cease and, clearly, the two-point conversion.
• Lamar Jackson and Joe Burrow take completely different paths to elite video games: Jackson unfold the ball round, whereas Burrow diced up the Ravens’ secondary through Ja’Marr Chase.
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The Baltimore Ravens outlasted the Cincinnati Bengals, 35-34, on Thursday Night Football in an exhilarating begin to Week 10 of the 2024 NFL season.
Game Summary
According to PFF’s noise-canceled rating metric, the Cincinnati Bengals had been truly the higher staff, however they ended up drawing the shorter stick on three high-leverage events: one fumble, one short-yardage fourth-down cease and, clearly, the two-point conversion. The Bengals had some luck when Joe Burrow’s interception didn’t rely as a result of the defender’s second foot didn’t contact inbounds, however the identical might be stated about Lamar Jackson’s would-be interception that hardly wasn’t caught.
Passing Summary
Receiving Summary
Jackson unfold the ball throughout his normal favourite targets, comparable to Mark Andrews, Zay Flowers and Rashod Bateman. However, the game-winner among the many Ravens’ ability place gamers was Tylan Wallace, who performed solely 5 receiving snaps however tallied 115 receiving yards, powered by an 84-yard catch-and-run landing.
The Bengals’ passing sport consisted of check-downs to Chase Brown, principally unsuccessful passes to Mike Gesicki and a ton of manufacturing for Ja’Marr Chase, who completed with 264 yards and three touchdowns and carried Cincinnati’s ability place group.
Rushing Summary
Both run video games had been held in examine. The solely distinction was that the Ravens didn’t fumble.
