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Quick Hits: Joe Burrow ‘Damn-Near Perfect’ Not Enough As Bengals Fall, 41-38, in OT

CINCINNATI — Joe Burrow knows what every Bengals fan feels right now.

“We’re not doing enough to finish games,” Burrow said after the Bengals dropped a hearbreaker, 41-38, in overtime Sunday at Paycor Stadium.

Lamar Jackson threw four touchdown passes and led a comeback from a 10-point fourth quarter deficit as the visiting Baltimore Ravens rallied for a 41-38 overtime win over the Bengals.

Derrick Henry’s 51-yard run in overtime set up Justin Tucker’s 24-yard game-winning field goal with 3:33 left in overtime.

Holder Ryan Rehkow bobbled the snap on Evan McPherson 53-yard field goal attempt that would’ve won the game with 4:31 left in overtime.

Burrow threw a career-high five touchdowns and Ja’Marr Chase caught 10 passes for 193 yards and two touchdowns as the Cincinnati Bengals couldn’t protect three different 10-point leads.

Burrow, who during the week said he’d have to play “damn-near perfect”, finished 30-of-39 for 392 yards.

Chase had touchdown catches of 41 yards and a catch-and-run of 70 yards in the fourth quarter to give him five touchdowns in three games.

The Ravens won the toss to start overtime and the Ravens drove into Cincinnati territory before Lamar Jackson fumbled the shotgun snap and Cincinnati linebacker Germaine Pratt recovered at the Baltimore 38.

Jackson tossed four touchdowns and while Derrick Henry, who ran for 199 yards last Sunday, was held to 40 yards on 14 carries before the 51-yard run.

Jackson made a spectacular stiff arm of Cincinnati rusher Sam Hubbard and threw across his body to Isaiah Likely for a touchdown as he was running out of bounds to make it 38-35.

Marlon Humphrey intercepted Burrow with 3:07 left in the fourth to give the Ravens the ball at their 28. Jackson drove the Ravens 38 yards and Baltimore tied the game, 38-38, on a Justin Tucker 56-yard field goal.

Henry ran it in from one yard out with 8:54 left in the first quarter for his 100th career touchdown, giving the Ravens an early 7-0 lead. Henry would pass another career milestone in the second quarter when he surpassed the 10,000-yard career rushing plateau.

The Bengals defense turned the momentum of the game when Sam Hubbard tackled Henry in the end zone to draw Cincinnati within five, 14-9.

The Bengals took possession with 34 seconds left in the half and Burrow drove them over midfield before lobbing a 41-yard touchdown to Chase, giving Cincinnati a 17-14 halftime lead.

As they did last week in Carolina, the Bengals took the opening drive of the second half and scored for a two-score lead at 24-14.

The Bengals lost starting cornerback Dax Hill to a right knee injury midway through the first quarter Sunday. Hill attempted to stay with receiver Zay Flowers on a third-and-8 when his right knee buckled.

Mike Petraglia

Bengals columnist and multimedia reporter since 2021. Jungle Roar Podcast Host. Reds writer. UC football, UC Xavier basketball. Joined CLNS Media in 2017. Covered Boston sports as a radio broadcaster, reporter, columnist and TV and video talent since 1993. Covered Boston Red Sox for MLB.com from 2000-2007 and the New England Patriots between 1993-2019 for ESPN Radio, WBZ-AM, SiriusXM, WEEI, WEEI.com and CLNS.

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