Joe Burrow lit the Baltimore Ravens up last week with this outrageous stat line: 30-for-39, 392 passing yards and five touchdown passes. It took an overtime special teams gaffe — and one of the plays of the year by Lamar Jackson — for Baltimore to overcome Burrow and the Bengals’ passing game’s amazing performance, and now the reliably slow-starting Bengals are nearing dire straits at 1-4 and in the AFC North basement.
They’ll head to New York this week to take on the 2-3 Giants, who have a league-best 22 sacks on defense, and they’ll need to lean on that pass rush to keep Burrow, Ja’Marr Chase and the Bengals’ offense in check. Defensive tackle Dexter Lawrence is second in the NFL with 6.0 of those sacks and 11 different Giants have gotten to the quarterback in the first five weeks of the season, so the pass rush has very much been by committee.
The Giants’ running game may also need to be by committee this week with lead running back Devin Singletary questionable with a groin injury. He missed the Giants’ 29-20 Week 5 win in Seattle with that injury.
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Giants’ safety Jason Pinnock is questionable to return with a knee injury
Pinnock left the game after Joe Burrow’s 47-yard touchdown run, and has yet to return to the game.
Injury Update: S Jason Pinnock (knee) is questionable to return.
The two quarterbacks have done the heavy lifting on the ground tonight. Jones (three rushes, 28 yards) and Burrow (two carries, 57 yards) are the leading rushers in the game so far.
Burrow flagged for intentional grounding
A 14-yard penalty on first down by Burrow to set up 2nd and forever for the Bengals from deep in their own end
Trey Hendrickson takes down Daniel Jones in the Giants’ backfield
Bengals cross midfield
Chase Brown has been a focal point of the Cincinnati Offense in the early going with three carries for 13 yards and an 11-yard reception. The drive stalling out though, thanks to the Giants’ defensive line. Brian Burns stuffing Zach Moss on the final play of the 1st quarter with the Bengals leading 7-0.
Germaine Pratt picks off Daniel Jones
B.J. Hill forced the pressure, and Cincinnati stops the Giants’ march. Daniel Jones and company were moving the ball well before the interception, and now the Bengals take over in the waning minutes of the first quarter.
G-Men on the move
Darius Slayton gets Big Blue into Bengals territory, and the Giants follow that up with a 14-yard screen pass to Tyrone Tracy Jr., who’s filling in the backfield for the injured Devin Singletary.
Giants force 3-and-out
Cincinnati nearly had a safety on their hands on their second series, but Joe Burrow spun out of a sack to throw the ball away. The Giants take over in their end, midway through the first quarter
Giants punt on first series
After a quick first down catch by Darius Slayton on their first offensive snap, the Giants punted it back to the Bengals. New York threw the ball on all four plays — the club is without lead back Devin Singletary for a second straight week as he tries to work his way back from a groin injury.
Joe Burrow rips off a 47-yard Touchdown run
Yes, you read that correctly, and no, that’s not Lamar Jackson in a Bengals jersey. A play after a sack, Burrow sets a new career-best with a 47-yard scramble for a score.
Brian Burns sacks Burrow
The No. 1 sack team in the NFL is at it again on the first drive. Burns, who inked a 5-year, $114 million deal with the Giants, is making good on that big payday early on against Cincinnati.
Bengals bag a couple of first downs on the opening series
A third down scramble by Joe Burrow and an 11-yard reception by Tee Higgins have the Bengals on the move and in Giants territory.
The Giants have some Super alumni in the building for SNF
Giants take the field in the Big Apple
Bengals inactives for Sunday Night Football
WR Jermaine Burton
DT Lawrence Guy
DE Cedric Johnson
TE Tanner McLachlan
OT Andrew Stueber
DT Jay Tufele
Giants inactives for Week 6, Sunday Night Football
GIANTS INACTIVES: WR Malik Nabers P Jamie Gillan RB Devin Singletary CB Tre Hawkins III G Jake Kubas WR Bryce Ford-Wheaton QB (3rd) Tommy DeVito
BENGALS INACTIVES: DE Cedric Johnson T Andrew Stueber DT Lawrence Guy WR Jermaine Burton TE Tanner McLachlan DT Jay Tufele pic.twitter.com/HoeGDGFc1I
