Joe Burrow shines in return as Bengals dominate Ravens on Thanksgiving night

Joe Burrow’s instrumentality to the Cincinnati Bengals couldn’t person gone immoderate better, arsenic helium helped pb his squad to a triumph implicit the Baltimore Ravens connected Thanksgiving night, 32-14, to drawback a four-game losing streak.

The Bengals moved to 4-8 connected the season, portion the Ravens, winners of 5 consecutive games heading into their location crippled connected Thursday night, fell to 6-6 connected the year.

Bengals fans person been waiting ever truthful patiently for their franchise backmost to instrumentality nether center, and the hold was good worthy it. It took Burrow a spot to get going, but erstwhile helium recovered his bushed with each his receivers, the vintage Bengals' discourtesy came retired successful Baltimore.

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Joe Burrow of the Cincinnati Bengals celebrates a touchdown against the Baltimore Ravens during the 3rd 4th successful the crippled astatine M&T Bank Stadium connected Nov. 27, 2025 successful Baltimore, Maryland. (Patrick Smith/Getty Images)

It was a tract extremity matter successful the archetypal half, albeit Derrick Henry’s 28-yard touchdown tally connected the Ravens’ opening drive. Lamar Jackson and the Ravens, who person been criticized for looking sluggish and not excessively explosive contempt the triumph streak, had issues taking attraction of the shot connected the night, resulting successful 3 first-half fumbles.

Jackson’s came connected the team’s 2nd drive, arsenic helium was sacked adjacent the extremity enactment and the Bengals scooped it up connected the two-yard line. The Ravens’ defense, though, picked up the slack, forcing a turnover connected downs contempt the fantabulous tract presumption for Burrow and company.

The 1 that truly wounded the Ravens, though, came connected a walk to choky extremity Isaiah Likely, who ran 43 yards and looked similar helium was going to combat his mode into the extremity portion for a 14-6 lead. But helium fumbled the shot conscionable earlier breaking the plane, and it went retired of the extremity zone.

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The result? No points and a touchback for the Bengals to instrumentality over, wherever they would yet instrumentality a 9-7 pb aft Evan McPherson made his 3rd tract extremity connected the night.

It appeared a 9-7 pb would beryllium the people astatine halftime, but connected the precise archetypal play of the adjacent Ravens drive, Jackson couldn’t support the shot successful his manus aft starting his throwing motion, allowing the Bengals to not lone retrieve the fumble but footwear a tract extremity with 10 seconds near successful the quarter.

The 2nd fractional was erstwhile the Bengals started to crook it connected offensively, and it came connected their archetypal thrust erstwhile Burrow went 10 plays and 61 yards, uncovering choky extremity Tanner Hudson for a 14-yard touchdown to commencement widening the spread connected the scoreboard.

Jackson and the Ravens responded, though, arsenic Keaton Mitchell recovered a seam and broke an 18-yard touchdown to marque it a 19-14 game. But the emblematic AFC North conflict betwixt these 2 rivals means ne'er getting excessively comfortable, adjacent aft a large score.

Joe Burrow of the Cincinnati Bengals celebrates a touchdown against the Baltimore Ravens during the 3rd 4th successful the crippled astatine M&T Bank Stadium connected Nov. 27, 2025 successful Baltimore, Maryland. (Patrick Smith/Getty Images)

Andre Iosivas, who was soundless successful this crippled astatine the time, caught a heavy walk from Burrow for a 29-yard touchdown that proved to beryllium a important 1 arsenic the Ravens started to property entering the 4th quarter.

The Bengals defense, however, has been statistically the worst successful the NFL successful presumption of yards allowed (415.8 per game) and points (32.7) entering this game. That meant the Ravens surely weren’t retired of it with 15 minutes left.

But again, holding connected to the shot was a large issue. Jackson threw an interception astatine Cincinnati’s eight-yard enactment connected a walk intended for Mark Andrews. Then, they turned the shot implicit connected downs with 8 minutes near successful the 4th with the people present 29-14.

There was immoderate hope, though, erstwhile Bengals moving backmost Samaje Perine fumbled connected what should’ve been the game-sealing thrust astatine the Baltimore 12-yard line. But the Ravens returned the favour 5 plays later, arsenic Zay Flowers fumbled adjacent midfield arsenic the Ravens were trying desperately to thrust down the tract to marque it a one-score game.

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McPherson would drill his sixth tract extremity of the nighttime and headdress a much-needed triumph for this Bengals squad.

In Burrow’s return, helium was 24-for-46 for 261 yards with 2 touchdowns and nary interceptions, portion Chase had 110 yards connected 7 catches. Chase Brown added 78 yards connected the crushed portion catching 7 passes for 35 yards.

For the Ravens, Jackson was conscionable 17-of-32 for 246 yards with nary touchdowns and 1 interception. He besides had six rushes for 27 yards. Henry finished with 60 yards connected the ground, portion Likely led the mode done the aerial with 95 yards connected 5 grabs.

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