Joe Burrow shook off a lingering calf harm, throwing for 259 yards because the Cincinnati Bengals beat the Los Angeles Rams 19-16 on Monday night time to get their first win after beginning the season with two losses.
Joe Mixon’s 14-yard landing run within the third quarter gave the reigning AFC North champs their first lead of the season. In the meantime, Logan Wilson picked off Los Angeles quarterback Matthew Stafford twice and the Bengals sacked him six instances.
Stafford threw a one-yard scoring go to Tutu Atwell with simply over a minute left within the sport, and the PAT acquired the Rams to inside three factors, however Mitchell Wilcox fell on the following onside kick to seal the win for the Bengals (1-2).
Burrow appeared to get higher as the sport went on and accomplished passes to 9 completely different receivers.
It wasn’t clear till simply earlier than the sport whether or not Burrow would play. The star quarterback has been coping with a calf harm however was a full participant in warmups with none apparent discomfort and went out for the Bengals’ first offensive sequence. The harm occurred early in coaching camp, and he aggravated it late within the Bengals’ loss to Baltimore final week. Burrow returned to apply on Thursday on a restricted foundation, and on Saturday the group listed him as questionable.
Requested after the sport about his restoration from the harm, Burrow stated: “We’re getting there, each week might be higher. We’re going to maintain working arduous to get wholesome.”
He added that he didn’t really feel like he had aggravated the harm in the course of the sport: “At this time we acquired via it.”
Cincinnati’s Ja’Marr Chase had 12 catches for 141 yards, together with a 43-yarder throughout a third-quarter drive that led to the third of 4 discipline objectives within the sport by Evan McPherson.
“[Chase] was nice,” stated Burrow. “I got here into tonight considering I used to be going to feed my man and he got here up massive for us.”
The Cincinnati protection was excellent. Stafford was sacked twice by defensive finish Trey Hendrickson, and Wilson intercepted him as soon as in every half. Stafford completed 18 for 39 for 269 yards because the Rams slipped to 1-2.
In Monday’s different sport, Jalen Hurts threw for a landing, ran for one more and led the Eagles on a game-ending drive that lasted greater than 9 minutes as Philadelphia remained unbeaten with a 25-11 victory over the Tampa Bay Buccaneers.
The defending NFC champions, who received their first eight video games a yr in the past, are off to a 3-0 begin in consecutive seasons for the primary time since 1992-93.
Hurts improved to 20-1 over his final 21 regular-season video games. He tossed a 34-yard TD go to Olamide Zaccheaus that helped Philly construct a 13-3 halftime lead, and his one-yard scoring run gave the Eagles a 17-point benefit early within the second half.
The Eagles led 25-3 by the point the Bucs lastly acquired into the tip zone on Baker Mayfield’s one-yard TD throw to Mike Evans. A two-point conversion trimmed Philadelphia’s result in 14 with 9:22 remaining, however Hurts and the Eagles by no means let Tampa Bay get the ball again.
Hurts was 4 of 5 passing and ran for a primary down on that remaining drive.
The Bucs (2-1) misplaced for the primary time with Mayfield at quarterback, turning the ball over twice after enjoying turnover-free in opposition to Minnesota and Chicago. The Bucs’ normally dependable protection struggled, too, yielding 201 yards dashing.
Every week after dashing for a career-high 175 yards, D’Andre Swift ran for 130 yards on 16 makes an attempt for Philadelphia. Hurts was 23 of 37 passing for 277 yards and two interceptions, whereas AJ Brown completed with 9 receptions for 131 yards for the Eagles – considered one of simply three NFL groups to stay unbeaten, together with Miami and San Francisco.
Mayfield accomplished 15 of 25 passes for 146 yards, one landing and an interception.
