Monday reflections: Bengals beat Browns

Monday morning reflections: Bengals 21 Browns 14.

Back-to-back wins. 3-4 record.

Never trailed. 12-seconds into the game Charlie Jones returned the opening kickoff 100-yards for a TD.

Jameis Winston, the Browns third QB of the day, threw a TD with 1:27 left in the game and added the two point conversion to make it 21-14. But the Bengals recovered the onside kick to seal it.

Brows ran 77 plays to 53. Bengals were outgained 336-223.

Injuries: Cody Ford replaced Orlando Brown Jr. late 1st half (knee). Geno Stone was removed by cart (air cast on leg) after a scary collision with Vonn Bell with 2:09 left.

Offense:

223 on 53 plays. Started 0 for 8 on 3rd down, finished 2-13.

Burrow: 15-25-181. 2 TD. Sacked 3x.

Ja’Marr Chase: 5-55, TD (6). Higgins: 4-82. 25-yd 3rd & 4 TD.

Rushing: 22-59. 6-22 1st H.

Chase Brown: 15-44. 22 yard run, 9 yd 2nd & 11 own 2.

Volson: Sack, hold wiped out Brown 28-yard yard run.

Anyone see Myles Garrett? 7-game streak with at least a sack vs the Bengals snapped.

Defense: 2 takeaways, 4 sacks.

21 points last 2 weeks......103 points previous 3 weeks.

4 sacks, 5 tackles for loss, 11 QB hits, 8 passes defended by 8 different players

Sam Hubbard INT dropping into coverage. 1st INT career in 97the game. Sack.

Trey Hendrickson 2 sacks. Forced intentional grounding.

His 10th game as a Bengal w/ 2+ sacks. 3rd most in franchise history. Carlos Dunlap (12), Geno Atkins (11)...per Jay Morrison/Bengals SI

Sheldon Rankins sack (1).

Geno Stone INT (1).

8 passes defended on day.

Special Teams:

Charlie Jones 100-yard KR TD. Erik All big block.

1st Bengals KR TD since Nov, 29, 2020….Brandon Wilson vs NYG.

1st to open a game since Wilson in Baltimore (2019).

Jones added 23-yard PR.

According to Elias, Jones joins Lemar Parrish as the only Bengals with at least one punt and kick return for a touchdown.

Evan McPherson missed a 50-yarder