Bengals Embark On Histaoric NFL Playoff Scramble. With the Bengals one of historic six AFC teams knotted at 7-6 heading into Saturday’s game against the Vikings (1 p.m.-Cincinnati’s Channel 9, NFL Network), there seemingly are more playoff possibilities.
Playoff Push Keeps Moving As Jake Browning And Bengals Point The Way
“He might as well be Batman,” Orlando Brown Jr. said of Browning, their canny and accurate quarterback who dispatched another contending villain for the second time in six days in his third NFL start.
Bengals’ Trey Hendrickson: Extends sack streak in win
Both of Hendrickson’s tackles came from solo sacks, and the seventh-year defensive end has now registered at least half a sack in five straight games and in all but two games this season. He’s up to 13.5 sacks on the year and is half a sack away from tying his career-high 14 he had in the 2021 season. Chase Brown was ideally built to seize this moment in Bengals’ win over Colts
His opportunity and impact, which shifted into ludicrous speed as he smashed the turbo-boost button for a 54-yard touchdown Sunday against the Indianapolis Colts, couldn’t come easy. Wouldn’t fit the theme.
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NFL Week 14 overreactions, reality checks: Bengals playoff team with Jake Browning? Joe Flacco best Browns QB?
What Browning has been able to accomplish in his two starts with the Bengals has made him a more-than-adequate replacement for Joe Burrow.
Bengals Open as Betting Favorites For First Time in Four Games
CINCINNATI — The Bengals opened as betting underdogs over the past four games, but that’s coming to a close as sportsbooks released Week 15 lines with Cincinnati favored by 3.5 points over Minnesota.
Vikings’ Justin Jefferson has a ‘good chance’ to play against the Bengals on Saturday
Jefferson, who had two catches for 27 yards, left Sunday’s 3-0 win over the Raiders in the second quarter after taking a hit in the back from safety Marcus Epps.
Balance spurs offensive resurgence for Bengals
“I feel very comfortable with how everything is going — (coach Zac Taylor) calling the game, feeling like we’re staying a step ahead as far as run-pass, having everything kind of look the same, mixing in some screens,” Browning said. “It makes my job easy.”
