The Bengals travel to Baltimore for a primetime AFC North showdown against the Ravens on Thursday Night Football. The game kicks off at 8:15 p.m. ET on Prime Video. Here is what to watch for:
Quarterback Encore
Five weeks ago in Cincinnati, Joe Burrow and Lamar Jackson combined for 740 passing yards and nine touchdowns in an overtime thriller at Paycor Stadium. It marked the first time that two quarterbacks threw for 325+ passing yards and 4+ TDs in the same game since Patrick Mahomes (478 yards & six TDs) and Jared Goff (413 and four) in the famed Chiefs-Rams Monday Night Football shootout in 2018.
Burrow and Jackson now enter Week 10 looking to continue their Pro Bowl-caliber seasons, as both signal callers rank in the top three in the NFL in total QBR, passer rating and touchdown passes. Burrow is coming off another five-TD day in last week’s win over Las Vegas, matching his career high set in the previous game against the Ravens. His 20 touchdown tosses on the year are tied for the most in Bengals history through the first nine games of a season, tying his own total from 2021.
Jackson posted a perfect 158.3 rating for the fourth time in his career in Baltimore’s Week 9 win over Denver, going 16 of 19 for 280 yards and three TDs with no turnovers. Over his last three games, he is completing 71 percent of his passes with a 10-0 touchdown-to-interception ratio. Jackson also has 505 rushing yards this season, the most by any quarterback.
Workhorses in the Run Game
The Bengals leaned heavily on Chase Brown against the Raiders in Week 9, and the second-year halfback came through with perhaps his best performance as a pro. He finished with career highs in rushing attempts (27), rushing yards (120) and scrimmage yards (157), and he caught Cincinnati’s first touchdown on a Burrow scramble-drill throw. His 27 carries were the most by a Bengal since Joe Mixon had that same amount in the 2022 season opener against Pittsburgh.
Brown has six total touchdowns over the last six games (four rushing, two receiving), tied for the third-most among all running backs since Week 4. With Zack Moss placed on Reserve/Injured on Tuesday and Cincinnati working in newly acquired Khalil Herbert, Brown could be in for another heavy workload on a short week.
The Ravens line up the NFL’s most high-volume back, as Derrick Henry’s 168 carries this season are seven more than any other player. He was the first player to eclipse the 1,000-yard rushing mark during Baltimore’s Week 9 win, and he also became the fourth player since 1990 to score a touchdown in nine straight games to begin a season.
Red Zone Offenses
Baltimore has scored a touchdown on an NFL-best 74.4 percent of its red zone trips this season, while Cincinnati ranks third leaguewide at 69.2 percent. The Ravens are one of three teams this season that have yet to commit a turnover inside their opponents’ 20-yard line, alongside Atlanta and New Orleans.
The Bengals have come away with points on 25 consecutive red zone appearances, the longest active streak in the NFL. Cincinnati found the end zone on its first four red zone drives in Week 9 against Las Vegas, then kicked a field goal late in the fourth quarter from the Raiders’ nine-yard line to help cement the win.