Jacksonville Jaguars at Cincinnati Bengals

JAX 22 · CIN 17 · 2026 Week 4

Bengals outgain Jags by 114 yards, lose by five anyway

Joe Burrow threw for 414 yards. The Bengals lost by five. Somewhere in the analytics department, a spreadsheet just quietly filed for divorce.

Cincinnati outgained Jacksonville by 114 yards and turned it into 17 points, because two turnovers will do that to a stat line. Burrow was brilliant between the 20s and a rumor inside them. Cam Little, meanwhile, was perfect from everywhere that mattered — 55, 28, 54 — and the Jaguars' entire offensive philosophy appeared to be 'kick it when in doubt, which was often.'

This is the week's purest example of the oldest truth in football: yardage is a suggestion, points are the law. The Bengals did everything except the thing that counts. And the kickers — as we'll keep seeing all week — remain undefeated.