Jaylen Rivers: "Seattle managed 7 rushing yards and never had a chance—you can't move the ball on the ground like that and expect to stay in a game, especially one this tight." Riley Parker: "Seattle's season is tilting toward disaster—they've hemorrhaged 2 turnovers in a game they lost by 8 to a team that's still figuring itself out, and Trey'Dez Green's 114 yards mean nothing if the offense won't even try to establish anything on the ground."

24-16 to Bengals, and it went about how it looked. Ja'Marr Chase was the target for Bengals — 2 catches, 89 yards, 1 TD. Trey'Dez Green moved the ball for Seahawks — 5 catches, 114 yards — in a losing effort. Trey'Dez Green has not had a better afternoon this season. Total yards: Bengals 259, Seahawks 189.

Jaylen Rivers: "Cincinnati's running game didn't just underperform—it collapsed. 22 rushing yards is not a bad day, it's a statement that the Bengals have no foundation to build anything on, and at 1-2 you don't have time to figure it out." Talia Morgan: "Baltimore's at 3-0 and pulling away in the division; Cincinnati's problem isn't today's margin, it's that they've now turned the ball over 3 times while generating nothing on the ground, and at 1-2 that's a recipe for falling out of this race entirely."

29 points separated these two, and Ravens had all of them. Lamar Jackson was steady for Ravens — 14/18, 245 yards, 3 TD. Brandin Cooks did the catching for Ravens — 4 catches, 121 yards, 1 TD. Terry McLaurin's high-water mark for the year. Total yards: Ravens 272, Bengals 161.

Priya Hale: "This was pure air raid theatre—both offenses operating like they had cheat codes and neither defense existed. Julian Sayin threw 8 touchdown passes and 542 yards to beat Joe Burrow's 5 and Ja'Marr Chase's 287 on 4 scores, but the real difference was Cleveland's ground game wouldn't move at all while Cincinnati could lean on the pass whenever it wanted. The Browns won 56-51 because their quarterback had to be perfect, and he was; the Bengals lost because theirs couldn't quite be perfect enough." Sierra Vaughn: "Cleveland won a shootout where it never had to establish anything on the ground—13 rushing yards, 4 run plays total—because Taysom Hill caught 6 touchdown passes and Sayin simply would not miss, but that kind of offensive dependency doesn't scale when defenses tighten up."

The Browns and Bengals combined for 107 points in a shootout that belonged entirely to the air, with Julian Sayin throwing 8 touchdowns on 542 yards and Taysom Hill catching 6 of them for 278 yards, while Joe Burrow answered with 5 touchdowns of his own and 387 yards to keep Cincinnati within striking distance. Cleveland's aerial dominance was total—555 yards to Cincinnati's 475—but it was Sayin's arm and Hill's hands that made the difference in a 56-51 win that will be retold as a clinic in aerial firepower. Both offenses moved at will; the Bengals just couldn't quite keep pace.

A long afternoon for Browns. Bengals by 24. Joe Burrow threw for Bengals — 30/44, 268 yards, 1 TD. Kyren Williams carried the load for Bengals — 13 carries, 88 yards, 1 TD. Shedeur Sanders is 82 overall and sits 5 in the league in passing yards. Somebody undervalued him. Total yards: Bengals 445, Browns 200.

Ravens could not stop handing it over, and Bengals made it count — 24-14. Mike Green was the problem for Ravens — 2 sacks — in a losing effort. Chase Brown ran it for Bengals — 16 carries, 89 yards, 1 TD. Total yards: Bengals 267, Ravens 169.