Quarterback Joe Burrow and the Cincinnati Bengals find themselves in an unusual position as the calendar flips to November: healthy and holding momentum.
The Bengals are 4-2 going into Sunday’s home game against the struggling Tennessee Titans at Paycor Stadium. That’s a 180-degree shift from the past two seasons, when Cincinnati was 2-4 at this point.
Burrow, who was also recovering from turf toe surgery at this time last year, has led the way. The seventh-year pro leads the league with a 71.4% completion rate, is second with a 110.4 passer rating, and was tied for second with 15 touchdown passes entering the eighth week of the 2026 regular season.
“I feel really good about our team and the guys we have in there,” said Burrow, who was the No. 1 pick of the 2020 NFL draft and led the Bengals to the Super Bowl in his second season but played 10 or fewer games in three of his first six years in the league. “It’s all just about building on what you’ve done and getting better. You can’t make the same mistake twice and expect to build momentum.”
The Bengals learned from their first-half mistakes last Sunday in Baltimore, where they trailed 13-0 at halftime, then scored on their first five possessions of the second half to beat the Ravens 35-13 in an AFC North Division matchup. And Burrow has two straight games with four touchdown passes and no interceptions, with his sharpness helping the Bengals to a 31-24 road win against the Miami Dolphins two weeks ago.