Ravens at Bengals postgame notes and quotes

Joe Burrow surpassed former quarterback Jeff Blake in the second quarter to move into fifth place on the Bengals' all-time passing yards list. He started 73 yards behind Blake (15,134), who played 75 games for Cincinnati from 1994 to 1999.

After Sunday's game, Burrow has totaled 15,453 passing yards in his career. Fourth on the team's all-time list is Carson Palmer, who threw for 22,694 yards during his Bengals career.

Career-best five touchdowns for Burrow

Burrow completed 30 of 39 passes for 392 yards and five touchdowns with one interception, for a passer rating of 137.0, which ranks as the fourth-highest in a game of his career. His five throws for scoring set a new career high (four throws on four occasions) and were the second-most in a game in Bengals history. Three previous Cincinnati quarterbacks had five or more touchdown passes in a game – Boomer Esiason (twice) , Carson Palmer (twice) and Andy Dalton.

Burrow became the 10th quarterback in NFL history to record over 390 passing yards, 5+ touchdown passes, and a 75+ completion percentage, and the first since former Houston QB Deshaun Watson in 2019.

Ja'Marr Chase played in his 50th career regular-season game on Sunday and finished the game with 10 catches for 193 yards and two touchdowns. His scoring drives were a 41-yarder by Burrow with nine seconds left in the first half and a 70-yarder on a rushing screen midway through the fourth quarter.

After the game, Chase had a total of 4,210 yards rushing, surpassing Pro Football Hall of Famer Jerry Rice (4,164) for the fifth-most in NFL history in a player's first 50 games. At the top of this list are Lance Alworth (4,785), Odell Beckham Jr. (4,695), Julio Jones (4,471) and Randy Moss (4,272).

Chase is also one of only five players in league history with over 4,000 receiving yards and 30 receiving touchdowns in 50 games, joining Rice, Moss, Beckham and former Bengals Pro Bowler AJ Green.

Chase's 70-yarder marked his 10th career 60-yard touchdown, tying Harlon Hill as the most touchdown in NFL history by a player under 25.

Cincinnati double-dipped for the second straight year, scoring a touchdown on its last true possession of the first half and its first possession of the second half. Burrow hit Chase on a 41-yard bomb with nine seconds left in the second quarter, giving the Bengals their first lead of the game.

The play marked Burrow's 22nd touchdown pass of 40 or more yards since the start of the 2020 season and Chase's 14th TD reception of 40 or more yards since 2021 – both leading the NFL in their respective time frames.

The Bengals then opened the second half with a 12-play, 70-yard march down the field, capped by a five-yard scoring pass from Burrow to Higgins. It was Higgins' fifth career multi-TD game and his first since his Week 15 win over Minnesota last season.

The Bengals also pulled off a double-dip last week in Carolina, scoring with one second left in the first half and then finding the end zone again early in the third quarter en route to their first win of the season.

Tee Higgins gave Cincinnati its first points of the afternoon with his first touchdown of the season, an 11-yard catch from Burrow on third down early in the second quarter. It was Higgins' 25th career goal and his first since Week 16 of last season in Pittsburgh. He is the 15th player in Bengals history to reach 25 receiving touchdowns.

Sam Hubbard sneaked through the Ravens' offensive line and stuffed running back Derrick Henry two yards deep into the Baltimore end zone for a safety midway through the second quarter. It was the first safety recorded by the Bengals since Week 13 of the 2019 season, when Cincinnati received a holding stop as the NY Jets attempted a pass from their own end zone.

The Hubbard forced safety was followed later in the second quarter by a successful two-point conversion on a one-yard run by Chase Brown. It was the first time in Bengals history that the team recorded a safety and a two-point conversion in the same half. The last time Cincinnati had two two-point plays of any kind in the same game was Week 16 of the 2019 season, when the Bengals twice converted a two-point attempt in the fourth quarter at Miami.