Cincy Jungle
This is it. This is the week Joe Burrow makes his return to the field. The Cincinnati Bengals will be on the road for Thanksgiving night to play the Baltimore Ravens.
Cincinnati is creeping close to that mathematically eliminated area of the season, sitting at 3-8. They’ve been lucky Baltimore started out terrible, and the Pittsburgh Steelers are collapsing mid-season, per usual.
The team is getting back Burrow after he exited Week 2 with a turf toe injury so serious it required surgery. They will also be getting Ja’Marr Chase back from a one-game suspension. Unfortunately, Tee Higgins will be out with a concussion, so we won’t get the three amigos on the field again quite yet.
Cincinnati’s defense probably had one of its best outings of the season last week against the New England Patriots. They had some atrocious plays, but when it mattered, they kept New England out of the end zone on two separate goal-line stands and didn’t let them run out the entire clock, which gave the offense a realistic chance.
The Ravens are hitting their stride. They have won five straight games to be in a realistic position to win the AFC North. Lamar Jackson has had games where he has looked like the MVP-caliber quarterback we have all seen, but he has also had games where he disappears; that didn’t hold them back last week.
Their defense has had its ups and downs, but they’ve taken advantage of playing some bad or inexperienced quarterbacks as of late.
Can Burrow take advantage and walk away with a turkey leg at the end of it all?
