It’s hard to find many reasons for the Jets to be optimistic in Week 8.
Not only is New York trending downward with a bevy of key injuries and lack of offensive and defensive cohesiveness, but it’s also facing one of the best teams in the NFL right now. The Bengals boast a top-10 offense and defense through the first seven weeks of the season and sit atop the AFC North with a 5-2 record. Joe Burrow looks like a stud and the defense has yet to allow more than 25 points in a game this season.
While a win is unlikely, there are still opportunities for the Jets to progress in certain areas. A close contest would be a sign of improvement after New York allowed 54 points to the Patriots last week. There are a number of young players who have a chance to improve as well despite the tough matchup
Final
CIN | 0 | 17 | 7 | 7 | 31 |
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NYJ | 7 | 7 | 3 | 17 | 34 |
Odds Across Sportsbooks
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Game Charts
Passing | FP | ATT | CMP | YDS | YPC | TD | INT | LONG | SACK | RATE |
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20.26 | 34 | 21 | 259 | 12.3 | 3 | 1 | 54 | 3 | 102.45 | |
Rushing | FP | ATT | YDS | YPC | LONG | TD | FUM | |||
25.1 | 14 | 33 | 2.4 | 8 | 1 | 0 | ||||
20.26 | 1 | -1 | -1 | -1 | 0 | 0 | ||||
13.1 | 1 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Receiving | FP | TAR | REC | YDS | YPR | LONG | TD | FUM | ||
25.1 | 5 | 4 | 58 | 14.5 | 46 | 1 | 0 | |||
19.74 | 8 | 5 | 69 | 13.8 | 21 | 1 | 0 | |||
13.7 | 6 | 4 | 97 | 24.2 | 54 | 0 | 0 | |||
13.1 | 9 | 3 | 32 | 10.7 | 21 | 1 | 0 | |||
7.3 | 4 | 4 | 33 | 8.2 | 11 | 0 | 0 | |||
3.6 | 2 | 2 | 16 | 8 | 13 | 0 | 0 | |||
Kicking | FP | FGA | FGM | PCT | LONG | XP | ||||
Evan McPherson | 7 | 1 | 1 | 100 | 21 | 4 /4 | ||||
Team Defense | FP | PA | TD | SACK | FR | INT | YDS | |||
CIN | 7 | 34 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 511 | |||
Passing | FP | ATT | CMP | YDS | YPC | TD | INT | LONG | SACK | RATE |
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26.1 | 45 | 37 | 405 | 10.9 | 3 | 2 | 26 | 2 | 107.87 | |
0.68 | 4 | 2 | 17 | 8.5 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 61.46 | |
Rushing | FP | ATT | YDS | YPC | LONG | TD | FUM | |||
32.2 | 15 | 77 | 5.1 | 18 | 1 | 0 | ||||
26.1 | 5 | -1 | -0.2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||||
19.6 | 4 | 15 | 3.8 | 8 | 0 | 0 | ||||
13.1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||||
1.9 | 1 | -1 | -1 | -1 | 0 | 0 | ||||
0.3 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Receiving | FP | TAR | REC | YDS | YPR | LONG | TD | FUM | ||
32.2 | 14 | 9 | 95 | 10.6 | 23 | 0 | 0 | |||
19.6 | 6 | 5 | 71 | 14.2 | 19 | 1 | 0 | |||
16.4 | 9 | 8 | 84 | 10.5 | 26 | 0 | 1 | |||
13.1 | 6 | 6 | 67 | 11.2 | 24 | 0 | 0 | |||
10 | 2 | 2 | 20 | 10 | 13 | 1 | 0 | |||
9.3 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 6.5 | 8 | 1 | 0 | |||
5.5 | 5 | 3 | 25 | 8.3 | 11 | 0 | 0 | |||
5 | 3 | 2 | 30 | 15 | 17 | 0 | 0 | |||
1.9 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 0 | 0 | |||
1.7 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | |||
Kicking | FP | FGA | FGM | PCT | LONG | XP | ||||
Matt Ammendola | 8 | 3 | 2 | 66.7 | 24 | 2 /2 | ||||
Team Defense | FP | PA | TD | SACK | FR | INT | YDS | |||
NYJ | 4 | 31 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 318 | |||
Game News
Bengals target leaders during the 6 weeks Tee Higgins was active: Higgins - 49 Chase - 45 Boyd - 36 Mixon - 18 Uzomah - 16
Bengals RB Joe Mixon: "Today, we just weren't ready. We came out flat. They wanted it more. That's just what it was."
Another Sunday. Another Ja'Marr Chase touchdown! #RuleTheJungle @Real10jayy__ 📺: #CINvsNYJ on CBS 📱: NFL app pic.twitter.com/WkHtRK4U7R
Don't think that Mike Hilton penalty fits the spirit of the rule.
Bengals DE Sam Hubbard: "It still doesn't seem real."
Bengals WR Tyler Boyd: "That's why we came here together. We take full responsibility for how we played."
Doesn't look like any wraps or braces on Mike Thomas' ankle. pic.twitter.com/3b884HDgYr
Zac Taylor not wrong when the question of the call on Hilton came up: "It shouldn't come down to those plays."
Bengals pick up the play that might change the game. Mike Hilton gets a pass deflection and Jessie Bates gathers the ball and takes it down the field. Cincinnati needed that in the worst way.
Bengals have been great all year at limiting long drives and not been great with turnovers. Exact opposite today. Germaine Pratt with second TO of the day for Cincinnati.
Trey Hendrickson doesn't just have a lot of sacks, he might lead the league in timeliness of those.
The Cincinnati Bengals didn’t offer many surprises on the inactives list for Sunday’s game against the New York Jets.
Going into things, it was established that rookie running back Chris Evans would miss the contest and that wideout Auden Tate had a 50-50 chance at playing.
Here’s the official inactives list the Bengals released before kickoff:
It wasn’t any secret the Bengals entered this one much, much healthier than the rebuilding Jets, a team that will miss starting rookie quarterback Zach Wilson, among many others
Auden Tate (thigh) is inactive for the #Bengals, but defensive end Khalid Kareem is active and expected to make his season debut to add some pass-rushing depth. The other inactives are: RB Chris Evans CB Nick McCloud DE Darius Hodge DE Wyatt Ray DT Tyler Shelvin
The Bengals D gets their third turnover of the half, ripping the ball free off Crowder after a big gain. Vonn Bell with the force and recovery
Kareem will take on the role Wyatt Ray has been holding as the rotational pass rusher. In games starters played entire game that has been between 14-20% of snaps. twitter.com/jaymorrisonath…
Jackson Carman down for the #Bengals. Trey Hill in at RG
No surprise after today, but Jets' HC Robert Saleh says Mike White will start at QB on Thursday vs. the Colts.
Referee Craig Wrolstad defends the controversial decision to penalize Bengals DB Mike Hilton (and not Jets RB Ty Johnson) for lowering the helmet. wp.me/pbBqYq-c59l
Jets WR Jamison Crowder throws the Philly special to QB Mike White for a two-point conversion and the Jets now lead the Bengals 34-31.
The Jets have directed a ridiculous 40% of their targets to running backs over the past 2 weeks. Michael Carter leads the team with a 25% target share during the span.
How was the Keelan Cole TD reversed but the Berrios one, in which he clearly was bobbling it, stood? Bizarre.
After the Cole catch was reversed... Braxton Berrios secures the @nyjets TD! #TakeFlight 📺: #CINvsNYJ on CBS 📱: NFL app pic.twitter.com/qmtpPI3DLL
Quinnen Williams now has 4.5 sacks this season. #Jets
Denzel Mims had a touchdown. He dropped it. Brutal.
Mike White missed a wide-open Elijah Moore. Beat defense deep. It wouldn't have mattered, though, because McGovern held.
Jets offensive coordinator Mike LaFleur is up in the booth calling the plays today. He had been down on the sidelines because that's where Zach Wilson wanted him. He may never be allowed on the sidelines again.
John Franklin-Myers was just announced to the crowd. He is wearing a chain. Not like a jewelry chain. He has an actual chain on his neck.
Mike LaFleur is in the booth for the first time this season
The #Jets will be without TE Trevon Wesco RB Tevin Coleman WR Corey Davis QB Zach Wilson QB Joe Flacco DL Bryce Huff DL Jonathan Marshall Davis & Mosley active. Zuniga makes his '21 debut.
C.J. Mosley on Shaq Lawson's tip/INT: "That's a Hall-of-Fame DE kind of play." #Jets pic.twitter.com/WgLaFbeH0a
Mixon appears to be OK. They never put up the blue tent. Meanwhile Jets LT George Fant has been ruled out with an ankle injury.
Matt Ammendola did not make the 54-yard field goal.
But Jackson Carman's whiff on Sheldon Rankins killed that drive.
A Joe Flacco Broncos jersey! The obscure jersey hunt is off to a good start. pic.twitter.com/iIS0M0BGH6
First career sack for Jets DE Jabari Zuniga, the Jets' third-round pick last year.
A Jets quarterback controversy? Maybe not yet. But 'Mike F-ing White' opened that conversation on Sunday, and Robert Saleh refused to shut it down. ... bit.ly/3EwYI7h pic.twitter.com/UzcLkdMpx8
The Jets are open to trading Marcus Maye, but Joe Douglas wants a high draft pick in return.
New York is seeking at least a third-round selection, according to SNY’s Ralph Vacchiano and ESPN’S Rich Cimini. However, there is doubt the Jets will land such a return for the 28-year-old safety.
One hangup, per both reports, is that suitors want New York to eat some of Maye’s salary, something the team could be reluctant to do. Maye is still owed $6.5 million from his $10.6 million franchise tag
Scoring Summary
Team | QTR | TIME | SCORING PLAY | ||
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NYJ | 1ST | 8:44 | Michael Carter rushed to the left for 8 yard touchdown | 0 | 7 |
CIN | 2ND | 15:00 | Joe Mixon rushed to the right for 1 yard touchdown | 7 | 7 |
CIN | 2ND | 3:27 | Joe Burrow passed to Ja'Marr Chase to the left for 2 yard touchdown | 14 | 7 |
CIN | 2ND | 1:54 | Evan McPherson kicked a 21-yard field goal | 17 | 7 |
NYJ | 2ND | 0:19 | Mike White passed to Braxton Berrios to the left for 8 yard touchdown | 17 | 14 |
NYJ | 3RD | 5:20 | Matt Ammendola kicked a 24-yard field goal | 17 | 17 |
CIN | 3RD | 3:17 | Joe Burrow passed to Joe Mixon to the left for 8 yard touchdown | 24 | 17 |
NYJ | 4TH | 12:31 | Matt Ammendola kicked a 24-yard field goal | 24 | 20 |
CIN | 4TH | 7:36 | Joe Burrow passed to Tyler Boyd to the right for 10 yard touchdown | 31 | 20 |
NYJ | 4TH | 4:43 | Mike White passed to Ty Johnson to the left for 19 yard touchdown. 2pt attempt failed, Mike White pass to Keelan Cole. | 31 | 26 |
NYJ | 4TH | 3:50 | Mike White passed to Tyler Kroft down the middle for 13 yard touchdown. 2pt attempt converted, Jamison Crowder pass to Mike White. | 31 | 34 |
Injury Report
Name | Pos | Injuries | Status |
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Auden Tate | WR | Thigh | OUT |
Chris Evans | RB | Hamstring | OUT |
Xavier Su'a-Filo | G | Knee | OUT |
Trae Waynes | CB | Hamstring | OUT |
Jordan Evans | OLB | Knee (acl) | OUT |
Hakeem Adeniji | G | Pectoral | QUES |
D'Ante Smith | G | Knee | OUT |
Wyatt Hubert | DE | Pectoral | OUT |
Joseph Ossai | DE | Knee | OUT |
Name | Pos | Injuries | Status |
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Corey Davis | WR | Hip | OUT |
Trevon Wesco | TE | Knee | OUT |
Bryce Huff | DL | Back | OUT |
Vinny Curry | DE | Illness | OUT |
Lamarcus Joyner | FS | Elbow | OUT |
Tevin Coleman | RB | Hamstring | OUT |
Carl Lawson | DE | Achilles | OUT |
Conor McDermott | G | Knee | OUT |
Saquan Hampton | FS | Achilles | OUT |
Blake Cashman | ILB | Groin | OUT |
Kyle Phillips | DE | Ankle | QUES |
Mekhi Becton | OT | Kneecap | OUT |
Cameron Clark | OT | Neck | OUT |
Braden Mann | P | Knee | QUES |
Zane Lewis | CB | Knee | OUT |
Zach Wilson | QB | Pcl | OUT |
Jamien Sherwood | LB | Achilles | OUT |
Hamsah Nasirildeen | LB | Undisclosed | OUT |
Parker Ferguson | OT | Undisclosed | OUT |