The Bengals aim for their second straight road win when they take on the Tennessee Titans on Sunday at Nissan Stadium. The game kicks off at 1 p.m. ET on FOX. Here is what to watch for:
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400th Regular-Season Win in Reach
The Bengals' 27-20 win over Dallas on Monday night marked the franchise's 399th all-time victory in the regular season. Cincinnati has won 240 regular-season games played at home and 159 on the road.
The first regular-season win in team history came on Sept. 15, 1968, when the Bengals defeated the Denver Broncos 24-10 at Nippert Stadium on the campus of the University of Cincinnati. The Bengals have won four previous regular-season contests at the Titans' current stadium, with the last being a 20-16 result in Week 12 of the 2022 campaign.
Burrow Nears Franchise Record
Joe Burrow leads the NFL with 33 touchdown passes this season, and heads into Sunday's matchup just two shy of matching his Bengals single-season record of 35 in 2022.
Burrow has passed for three or more touchdowns in each of his last five games, the longest streak in team history and tied for the fifth-longest in league history. Should he pass for another three scores on Sunday, he would join an illustrious group who have done it in six or more straight — Tom Brady (10 straight in 2007), Andrew Luck (eight in 2018), Peyton Manning (eight in 2004) and Dan Marino (seven from 1986-87).
Burrow also has a league-leading 3,706 passing yards on the year, and is 294 away from reaching 4,000 for the third time in his career. He can become the fourth player all-time to log 4,000+ passing yards and 30+ touchdown passes in three of his first five seasons, joining Marino, Patrick Mahomes and Josh Allen. Burrow has passed for at least 300 yards in each of Cincinnati's last four contests, and has a chance to be the first quarterback in team history to do it in five straight. He also would join Steve Young in 1998 as the only players in NFL history with 300+ passing yards and 3+ passing TDs in five consecutive games.
Uno on Triple Crown Watch
Ja’Marr Chase enters the final four weeks of the regular season leading the NFL in receptions (93), receiving yards (1,319) and receiving touchdowns (15). Should he hold the lead in each of those categories by season's end, he would become the 17th player in NFL history to win the storied "Triple Crown." Perhaps more notably, he would be just the fifth to do it since the 1970 NFL/AFL merger, and the first since Rams receiver Cooper Kupp in 2021.
Chase's 101.5 receiving yards per game this season lead all players, and if he hits the century mark again in Tennessee, he would tie Carl Pickens for the fourth-most 100-yard receiving games in a career in Bengals history (19). Chase is coming off his fourth career AFC Offensive Player of the Week honor in recognition of his season-high 14 catches, 191 total yards and two touchdowns on Monday night at Dallas.
With seven catches and 81 receiving yards, Chase would become the fifth player in league history with at least 100 receptions, 1,400 yards and 15 touchdowns in a season, joining Jerry Rice (1995), Marvin Harrison (2001), Randy Moss (2003) and Kupp (2021).
Chase also is two touchdown receptions shy of tying Carl Pickens (17 in 1995) for the team single-season record. His 44 career receiving scores are the fourth-most in NFL history within a player's first four seasons, and he has a chance to tie or surpass former Dallas receiver Bob Hayes (45) for third-most.
Red Zone Streak Matches Best Since 1980
Cincinnati's offense has been among the best in the league this season when it comes to finishing off drives that reach the opponent's 20-yard line. The Bengals have scored a touchdown or field goal on 41 consecutive trips to the red zone dating back to the third quarter of the season opener against New England. That is the longest active streak in the NFL, and ties the longest streak by a Bengals team since they put together 41 straight red zone scoring drives from Week 14 of the 2005 season through Week 10 of 2006.
Should the Bengals put up points in their first red zone appearance against the Titans and boost the streak to 42, it would be the longest by a Cincinnati team since at least 1980, when the Elias Sports Bureau began tracking drive data.
The 2024 offense boasts a league-leading 97.6 red zone scoring percentage, with 41 total scores (29 touchdowns and 12 field goals) on 42 possessions. It also ranks second in red zone touchdown rate (69.0 percent), behind Baltimore (75.0). The Bengals are the only team this season to come away with no points on one or fewer drives that reached the red zone.
Familiar Face
The Tennessee sideline on Sunday will be led by Brian Callahan, who is in his first year as the Titans' head coach after spending the past five seasons (2019-23) as Cincinnati's offensive coordinator.
While part of the Bengals' staff, Callahan helped lead the team to a pair of AFC North titles, two consecutive AFC Championship Game appearances and a berth in Super Bowl LVI. He also was instrumental in Joe Burrow's development, helping the No. 1 overall pick in 2020 grow into a Pro Bowler who holds nearly every single-season passing record in team history.
With Callahan providing a key voice for the offense from 2021-23, Cincinnati ranked in the top 10 leaguewide in several categories, including sixth in scoring average (24.9 points per game), seventh in passing (250.8 yards), seventh in red zone efficiency (61.5 percent) 10th in third-down percentage (41.0) and sixth in time of possession (31:00).
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