Burrow, Chase Lead Way As Bengals Speed Past Ravens 41-17

BALTIMORE (AP) — Joe Burrow threw for a career-high 416 yards and 3 touchdowns, including a pivotal 82-yarder to rookie Ja’Marr Chase successful the 3rd quarter, and the Cincinnati Bengals won their AFC North showdown against the Baltimore Ravens successful style, pulling distant successful the 2nd fractional for a 41-17 triumph Sunday.

The Bengals (5-2) drew adjacent with the Ravens (5-2) atop the division, a motion that Burrow and Chase mightiness beryllium up of docket successful turning astir this struggling franchise. The erstwhile LSU teammates were excessively overmuch for Baltimore to handle, and Cincinnati’s discourtesy moved the shot beauteous easy from the mediate of the 2nd 4th on.

Chase had 8 catches for 201 yards, easy the astir productive show of his awesome debut season. He broke Speedy Thomas’ franchise rookie grounds of 177 yards receiving, acceptable successful a 1969 crippled astatine Denver.

Lamar Jackson threw for 257 yards and ran for 88, but helium was sacked 5 times arsenic the Ravens had their five-game winning streak snapped. Jackson recovered Marquise Brown for a 39-yard touchdown successful the 3rd 4th that enactment Baltimore up 17-13, but the Ravens’ lone pb of the crippled was brief.

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