Overview
- Playing through an AC joint sprain, Joe Flacco threw for a career-high 470 yards with four touchdowns, two interceptions and a lost fumble in the Bengals’ loss.
- Caleb Williams passed for 280 yards and three touchdowns and also had a receiving score, while rookie tight end Colston Loveland posted 6 catches for 118 yards and two touchdowns.
- Chicago piled up 576 total yards with 283 rushing, including 176 from rookie Kyle Monangai, as Cincinnati allowed season highs across the board.
- Cincinnati erased a 41-27 deficit with a late touchdown, a successful onside kick and a go-ahead score with 54 seconds left before Williams hit Loveland for the 58-yard winner with 17 seconds to play.
- The Bears improved to 5-3 with five wins in six games as the Bengals fell to 3-6 entering their bye week, prompting sharp postgame frustration over Cincinnati’s defense.