Joe Burrow was not satisfied with Cincinnati's performance despite the Bengals earning a 31-24 victory over the Miami Dolphins on Sunday. The quarterback threw four touchdown passes, but he made it clear that his team must clean up its mistakes if it wants to compete at a higher level.
The Bengals improved to 3-2 with the win, snapping a two-game losing streak. However, Burrow pointed to costly errors and stalled drives as areas that need improvement before Cincinnati returns from its bye week.
“I think just not good enough all around,” Burrow said. “Team-wide. I think if we want to be the team that we think we're going to be, we got to be better than that. We had good field position most of the day, and I think, for the most part, we took advantage of it. But we had some dumb mistakes, and we got to get those cleaned up if you want to be a great team.”
Joe Burrow with some stern words toward the team as a whole after a 31–24 went over winless Miami. “We got to be smarter. Two fumbles in the red zone. A couple personal fouls that hurt us, hurt our field position, gave them points on the board. Yeah, we got to be smarter…. We… pic.twitter.com/ZHX0cP1Z1n
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Burrow completed 23 of 32 passes for 190 yards and four touchdowns. His fourth scoring pass went to Ja'Marr Chase, who made an acrobatic 45-yard touchdown catch despite tight coverage.
Article Continues BelowChase finished with six receptions for 77 yards after working through concussion protocol earlier in the week. Burrow praised his star receiver for continuing to make difficult plays while dealing with the physical demands of the season.
Cincinnati also benefited from Jordan Battle's two interceptions, while a late fumble recovery by Jonathan Allen helped set up Evan McPherson's field goal. Miami still finished with 331 total yards, including 217 rushing yards, and made the game uncomfortable late.
The Bengals now enter their bye week at 3-2 before facing the Baltimore Ravens on October 25.