The Cincinnati Bengals (1-4) are touring to New York to tackle the Giants (2-3) in Week 6. Neither crew has seemingly had the beginning it imagined however one can flip its season round on “Sunday Night time Soccer.”
Listed below are three Bengals who might influence the sport probably the most.
Quarterback Joe Burrow
Burrow has been on fireplace as of late, throwing for 1,370 yards and a league-leading 12 touchdowns on the season.
A giant cause for that’s the Bengals’ lack of run game and struggling protection, however neither of these issues are more likely to change. So Burrow will in all probability need to put the crew on his again as soon as once more this week.
The fifth-year signal-caller is coming off a 392-yard and five-touchdown efficiency towards the Baltimore Ravens, however issues needs to be a bit tougher towards the Giants, who’re permitting solely about 200 passing yards per game.
Nonetheless, Burrow is likely one of the finest quarterbacks within the NFL when totally wholesome and he revealed he does not even suppose he is that but after having surgical procedure on his wrist this offseason.
“I’d say I am nonetheless not fairly throwing it the way in which that I would love,” Burrow said through the crew’s web site. “I am making good selections, I am placing the ball the place I wish to. I nonetheless suppose there’s one other degree of enchancment I can get to getting back from harm on ball rotation and spin charge and all that. So, that is going to proceed to get higher as I get more healthy, so there’s at all times one other degree to search out.”
Huge receiver Ja’Marr Chase
Via 5 weeks, New York has but to permit a 100-yard receiver, however Chase has a very good probability to turn into the primary this week.
Like Burrow, Chase has been enjoying his finest soccer because the season has settled in, recording 19 catches for 396 yards and 5 touchdowns the previous three weeks.
There is no cause he ought to decelerate, both, as he’s clearly Burrow’s go-to man when Cincinnati wants an enormous play.
Based mostly off how the Bengals protection has been enjoying, Chase will seemingly be requested to do the identical on a number of events come Sunday evening.
Cornerback Cam Taylor-Britt
On Friday, Giants head coach Brian Daboll ruled out first-round rookie broad receiver Malik Nabers for the second straight week with a concussion.
It is a large loss for New York as Nabers leads the crew with 35 catches for 386 yards and three touchdowns in 4 video games. Nevertheless, that does not imply issues will probably be simple for Cincinnati, which has allowed the second-most points per game (29.0) and seventh-most total yards per game (365.4) within the league.
In Nabers’ absence final week, veteran broad receiver Darius Slayton stuffed in properly, registering eight catches for 122 yards and a landing. It would not be shocking if quarterback Daniel Jones focused Slayton early and sometimes as soon as once more.
Taylor-Britt will seemingly be given the duty of minimizing Slayton’s influence. The third-year cornerback has 21 tackles, one interception and 5 passes defensed on the season.
