Burrow ties career high with 5 TD passes as Bengals get first home win, 41-24 over Raiders

CINCINNATI -- Joe Burrow was terrific, and Chase Brown had a large time connected nan ground. Trey Hendrickson provided a assistance connected defense.

The Cincinnati Bengals played 1 of their champion games astatine a cardinal infinitesimal successful their season.

Burrow tied a profession precocious pinch 5 touchdown passes, Brown rushed for a career-high 120 yards and Cincinnati sewage its first location win, routing nan Las Vegas Raiders 41-24 connected Sunday.

The Bengals (4-5) bounced backmost nicely aft an disfigured 37-17 nonaccomplishment to Philadelphia past weekend. They person won 4 of six since dropping their first 3 games.

There won't beryllium overmuch clip for celebrating. Next up is simply a travel to Baltimore to look nan AFC North-leading Ravens connected Thursday night.

Burrow wasn't very impressed pinch himself aliases his team. He conscionable wants to support looking forward.

“Just really this play has gone, knowing what's up of us, knowing what we’re going to person to do to get backmost into this, 1 triumph isn't going to make aliases break our season,” nan fifth-year backmost said. “I'm going to support striving for perfection each day, each game. Until that happens, what’s location to beryllium happy about?”

Burrow was 27 for 39 for 251 yards. He threw touchdown passes to Brown, Andrei Iosivas, Drew Sample and nan past 2 to Mike Gesicki. But he besides had an interception that was returned by Jack Jones for a TD early successful nan 4th quarter.

Brown, who sewage a season-high 27 carries pinch Zack Moss sidelined pinch a cervix injury, consistently picked up chunks of yards for nan Bengals, who person struggled moving nan shot this season. Hendrickson had 4 sacks.

“Four sacks, 7 backmost hits — that’s reliable to match,” Bengals coach Zac Taylor said. “There were those moments erstwhile we needed that large extremity connected defense. A batch of guys came up large for us, but Trey came up nan biggest.”

The Raiders (2-7) aided Cincinnati drives pinch penalties, and backmost Gardner Minshew fumbled nan shot away successful nan third, leading to a 10-yard TD drawback by Gesicki, his first since past Christmas Eve erstwhile he played for nan Patriots. That put nan Bengals up 31-10.

Gesicki vanished pinch 5 catches for 100 yards.

Minshew vanished 10 for 17 for 124 yards. He was benched precocious successful nan 3rd 4th for erstwhile University of Cincinnati prima Desmond Ridder, who fumbled nan shot distant connected a strip-sack by Hendrickson successful nan fourth. Ridder besides threw his first touchdown walk of nan season, to Brock Bowers pinch 41 seconds near successful nan game.

Jakobi Meyers had 8 catches for 105 yards for Las Vegas.

The Raiders scored connected nan first thrust of nan day, vanished pinch a 1-yard plunge by Zamir White.

The Bengals answered pinch a thrust of astir 8 minutes. Brown carried nan shot 5 times for 21 yards and caught 3 passes for 21 much yards, including a 1-yard touchdown.

After nan teams traded section goals, Cincinnati’s thrust was aided by an unnecessary roughness telephone connected Maxx Crosby, who jumped offside and flattened Burrow. Three plays later, Burrow deed Iosivas for a 10-yard touchdown pass and a 17-10 Bengals lead astatine nan half.

Coach Antonio Pierce said he benched Minshew not because of nan blowout but because he was trying to spark nan offense. The starter astatine QB, Aidan O’Connell, fractured his thumb, elevating Minshew. Ridder was signed disconnected nan Arizona believe squad to backmost up Minshew.

“Today wasn’t a bully time astatine nan office,” Pierce said. “We’ve sewage nan bye week to reset, and erstwhile I opportunity everything, it’s everything. That wasn't a bully capable effort."

Raiders: OT Kolton Miller and CB Nate Hobbs each near pinch ankle injuries successful nan first half. OT Andrus Peat besides near pinch an ankle injury. ... OG Cody Whitehair suffered an ankle wounded successful nan 2nd half. ... TE Harrison Bryant departed successful nan 4th quarter, besides pinch an ankle injury.

Bengals: TE Erick All Jr. near successful nan 2nd 4th aft injuring his correct knee. ... DT B.J. Hill was declared retired pinch a hep injury.

Raiders: After an disconnected week, astatine Miami Nov. 17.

Bengals: At Ravens connected Thursday night.

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