The Bengals aim for a second straight win when they host the New York Jets at Paycor Stadium on Sunday. The game kicks off at 1 p.m. ET on CBS (Cincinnati’s channel 12).

Here is what to watch for:

Taylor on Verge of 50th Regular-Season Win

Zac Taylor enters Sunday with 49 regular-season victories as the Bengals' head coach. He has the chance to join former head coaches Paul Brown, Sam Wyche and Marvin Lewis in Cincinnati's 50-win club.

Taylor's first career win as a head coach coincidentally came against the Jets, as he led the Bengals to a 22-6 victory over New York in Week 13 of the 2019 season. He steered Cincinnati to 40 regular-season wins from 2021-24, the second-most over a four-year period in team history behind 43 wins from 2012-15.

Also coincidentally, Wyche picked up his 50th regular-season win against the Jets when his Bengals beat New York 25-20 on Sept. 9, 1990.

Higgins Approaching 5K Yards

Wide receiver Tee Higgins heads into Week 8 with 4,911 career receiving yards in 77 regular-season games played. Should he record 89 yards against New York in his 78th game, he would become the fifth-fastest player in team history to reach 5,000. The only Cincinnati players to hit that milestone in fewer games are Ja’Marr Chase (58 games), A.J. Green (63), Chad Johnson (70) and Cris Collinsworth (71).

Higgins is coming off his top statistical performance of the season in last Thursday night's home win over Pittsburgh. He caught six passes for a season-best 96 yards and a touchdown and put the Bengals in position for the game-winning field goal when he slid ahead of the goal line to let time run off late in the fourth quarter.

Higgins has a chance to become one of 32 active NFL players with 5,000 receiving yards in their career. In his previous two career games against the Jets, he has nine catches for 190 yards, a 95-yard average.

Battle Among INT Leaders

Jordan Battle’s three interceptions through the first seven weeks of the season are tied for third-most in the NFL. He trails Chicago safety Kevin Byard and Jacksonville linebacker Devin Lloyd, who have four apiece.

Battle notched his third pick of the year in Week 7 against Pittsburgh, coming down with a deep ball thrown by Aaron Rodgers. The play set up Cincinnati's go-ahead touchdown drive in the second quarter.

With another interception on Sunday, Battle would be the first Bengals player to log four picks within the team's first eight games of a season since former safety Vonn Bell in 2022.

Rookie LBs Pile Up The Stops

Cincinnati was the only team in the NFL to start two rookie linebackers in Week 7, as second-round draft pick Demetrius Knight Jr. and fourth-rounder Barrett Carter lined up alongside veteran Logan Wilson to kick off last Thursday's contest against Pittsburgh.

Knight, who has started six of seven games this season, leads all rookies across the league with 29 solo tackles. His 50 total tackles rank second among rookies and are tied for the Bengals team lead. Carter is tied for eighth among rookies with 36 total stops. Cincinnati is one of three teams with two players ranking inside the top 10 for rookie tacklers, alongside Baltimore and Philadelphia.

Extra Points

• Wide receiver Ja’Marr Chase has 51 career receiving touchdowns, two shy of tying Isaac Curtis (53) for fourth-most in Bengals history.
• Kicker Evan McPherson has accounted for 489 points in his career, 11 shy of 500.
• Defensive end Trey Hendrickson has 61 sacks as a member of the Bengals (2021-present), 1.5 shy of tying former linebacker Reggie Williams (62.5) for fourth-most in team history.
• Punter Ryan Rehkow has 36 career punts downed inside the opponent's 20-yard line, the sixth-most by a Bengal since the statistic began being tracked in 1976. He is one shy of tying former punter Nick Harris (37) for fifth-most.

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