Bengals were never troubled, putting Patriots away 49-28. Chase Brown did the work on the ground for Bengals — 33 carries, 339 yards, 3 TD. Joe Burrow did the damage for Bengals — 11/17, 214 yards, 3 TD, 1 INT. Total yards: Bengals 553, Patriots 279.

Bengals 35, Buccaneers 14, and it was not that close. Joe Burrow was steady for Bengals — 17/24, 257 yards, 4 TD. Boye Mafe lived in the backfield for Bengals — 3 sacks. Through the air: Bengals 257, Buccaneers 150.

Riley Parker: "Cincinnati's air raid versus Cleveland's turnstile: 284 passing yards to 57, and Shedeur Sanders threw 5 picks into a defense that didn't even need to rush—that's not a game, that's a reckoning."

Cincinnati rolled past Cleveland 41-14 behind a dominant passing attack that produced 284 yards and 2 touchdowns, while Ja'Marr Chase hauled in 4 catches for 209 yards and 2 scores. The Browns' 5 turnovers and 57 passing yards sealed the outcome, though Dylan Sampson rushed for 126 yards and 2 touchdowns on 9 carries. Joe Burrow completed 12 of 23 for the Bengals, who improved to 14-3, while the Browns fell to 3-14.

Kayla James: "Baltimore came to Cincinnati with nothing left in the tank—28 rushing yards, 3 interceptions from Lamar Jackson and no touchdowns—and the Bengals simply dismantled them 56-16, scoring at will like a team that knows exactly what it is." Jaylen Rivers: "The story here isn't that Cincinnati had a great night—it's that Baltimore's last three weeks look nothing like the team that won 11 games. Lamar's averaging 132 passing yards in that stretch, Derrick Henry's hitting 18 where he usually gets 97, and that's a different offense than the one that earned a playoff spot."

Cincinnati dismantled Baltimore 56-16, with the Bengals' ground game doing the heavy lifting. Jordan Mason ran for 96 yards and 2 touchdowns on 9 carries while Joe Burrow completed 16 of 25 passes for 229 yards and 3 scores, and Cincinnati's defense recorded 5 sacks to Baltimore's 2. The Ravens managed just 28 rushing yards and turned the ball over 3 times to Cincinnati's 0, and Lamar Jackson threw 3 interceptions with no touchdowns in the loss.

Elise Carter: "Cincinnati's receivers were playing a different game. Burrow threw for 565 yards and 9 touchdowns with Chase putting up 321 yards and 5 scores — Kansas City's defense couldn't locate either one, and that gap is what separates 54 points from 64." Daniel Keller: "Cincinnati just showed what happens when a team decides it doesn't need to run the ball at all: Burrow threw 31 times and Kansas City's secondary evaporated, which means the Bengals are now built to win a playoff game the way they actually play it, while the Chiefs still have to figure out how to function when their defense isn't enough." Luca Santana: "Cincinnati's margin hides what actually happened: Kansas City scored 54 points and still lost by 10 because the Bengals moved the ball with 84% pass plays and found Chase open so often that 321 yards felt inevitable, not exceptional. When a team wins a shootout tha

Cincinnati beat Kansas City 64-54 in a game that belonged entirely to Joe Burrow and Ja'Marr Chase. Burrow completed 22 of 31 passes for 565 yards and 9 touchdowns against 2 interceptions, while Chase caught 9 balls for 321 yards and 5 of those scores. The Bengals generated 621 total yards to Kansas City's 400, and Patrick Mahomes' 5 touchdowns and 313 yards weren't enough to keep pace with a Cincinnati offense that simply overwhelmed its opponent through the air.