After a primetime victory against the Pittsburgh Steelers Thursday, the Bengals host their second of three straight home games in Week 8 against the New York Jets.
The Jets, 0-7, are coming off a 13-6 home loss to the Carolina Panthers.
Jets Offense
New York entered 2025 with former Bears and Steelers QB Justin Fields under center. Fields has yet to throw an interception this season and has seven combined touchdowns (four passing and three rushing). He became the first quarterback since at least 1950 to have zero interceptions and zero wins in their first six starts of a season and was subsequently benched during Week 7 in favor of veteran signal caller Tyrod Taylor. Taylor has appeared in three games this season, throwing three touchdowns to three interceptions.
First-year head coach Aaron Glenn has yet to name a starter for Week 8 at Paycor Stadium.
"That's something that I want to continue to look at," Glenn said Monday. "I want to make sure I make the right decision. I don't want to make rash decisions, either. I just want to make sure when the decision is made, it will be the right one."
The passing offense has run through WR Garrett Wilson. Nearly 28% of the team's completions have gone to Wilson, who ranks 25th among receivers with 395 yards. The first-round pick from Ohio State missed last week with a knee sprain. Despite missing Week 7, Wilson still is tied for 13th among receivers with 52 targets.
WR Tyler Johnson led the team with 60 receiving yards in Week 7 without Wilson, while WR Josh Reynolds received nine targets. Rookie TE Mason Taylor is second on the team in targets (30), receptions (24) and yards (208) this season.
The Jets offense has been built around running the football. On top of Fields' ability to use his legs (first in QB rush yards), RB Breece Hall ranks in the top 20 in yards per carry (4.5) and yards after contact per carry (3.2) among backs with at least 25 carries. New York RB Braelon Allen is out for the next eight to 12 weeks with a knee injury.
New York's offensive line has given up the most sacks in the NFL through seven games, allowing Taylor and Fields to be sacked a combined 31 times. Fields has faced 84 dropbacks under pressure in six games, a top 10 figure, while Taylor has faced 43 in three games played, per Pro Football Focus.
Jets Defense
New York has allowed 26.1 points per game this season, the seventh most in the NFL. The defense has given up just 13 points in back-to-back games against the Broncos and Panthers, respectively. The defense has also just forced one turnover, a forced fumble and recovery in Week 6 against Denver. As a result, the Jets rank last in turnover differential at minus nine.
The Jets' defense has compiled 10 sacks so far this season, tied for the second-fewest in the league. DT Quinnen Williams has posted the highest run-defense grade among all interior defenders in the NFL (91.2), per PFF. He has also provided 17 QB pressures in the pass game. The Jets as a unit rank bottom-10 in yards allowed per game on the ground, giving up 129.3 rushing yards per contest.
In the secondary, New York has allowed 197.1 passing yards per game, the ninth-fewest in the NFL. Despite not recording an interception yet this season, CB Sauce Gardner has performed well so far, ranking 22nd among corners with at least 25 snaps in PFF defensive grade (71.3).
Gardner has matched up with Bengals wideouts Ja'Marr Chase and Tee Higgins once, a 2022 27-12 Bengals victory in New York. He allowed two receptions to Higgins for 51 yards on three targets and gave up zero receptions on one target to Chase. The Jets brought in CB Brandon Stephens on the other side of Gardner, who has allowed 19 receptions on 29 targets and three touchdowns in coverage so far this season and had two passes defensed last week against Carolina.
View the best photos from Bengals-Jets matchups of years past.
New York Jets' Sauce Gardner (1) defends Cincinnati Bengals' Ja'Marr Chase (1) during the first half of an NFL football game Sunday, Sept. 25, 2022, in East Rutherford, N.J.
Cincinnati Bengals' Isaac Curtis (85) turns away from New York Jets defenders Bobby Johnson (40) and Ken Schroy (48) on his way to a touchdown in the first quarter of AFC playoff action on Sunday, Jan. 9, 1983 in Cincinnati, Ohio. The touchdown came on a pass form Bengals quarterback Ken Anderson.
Cincinnati Bengals receiver Andre Caldwell (87) is upended by New York Jets safety Jim Leonhard (36) during the first half of an NFL wild-card playoff football game, Saturday, Jan. 9, 2010, in Cincinnati.
Cincinnati Bengals wide receiver Auden Tate, left, catches a pass against New York Jets free safety Marcus Maye (20) during the first half of an NFL football game, Sunday, Dec. 1, 2019, in Cincinnati.
WR Ja'Marr Chase (Left) and WR Tee Higgins (Right) celebrate after a touchdown on September 25th, 2022, during the Bengals week 3 game vs. the New York Jets
Cincinnati Bengals receiver Laveranues Coles (11) scores a touchdown against the New York Jets in the first half of an NFL wild-card playoff football game, Saturday, Jan. 9, 2010, in Cincinnati.
QB Joe Namath looks to throw against the Bengals.
Cincinnati Bengals wide receiver Chad Ochocinco (85) talks to New York Jets cornerback Darrelle Revis (24) during the second quarter of an NFL football game at New Meadowlands Stadium, Thursday, Nov. 25, 2010, in East Rutherford, N.J.
Cincinnati Bengals quarterback Ken Anderson, (14) releases the ball as New York Jets' Kenny Neil (77) reaches him in Sunday playoff action in Cincinnati, Ohio, Jan. 10, 1983.
DE Trey Hendrickson sacks QB Joe Flacco, Sunday, Sept. 25, 2022.
New York Jets running back Le'Veon Bell (26) runs the ball against Cincinnati Bengals linebacker Germaine Pratt (57) during the first half of an NFL football game, Sunday, Dec. 1, 2019, in Cincinnati.
New York Jets' Jarrad Davis, left, tries to tackle Cincinnati Bengals' Samaje Perine during the first half of an NFL football game, Sunday, Oct. 31, 2021, in East Rutherford, N.J.
New York Jets Freeman McNeil (24) looks for a way around Cincinnati Bengal defenders as Bengals Ross Browner moves in from behind for the tackle during a game in 1983.
Cincinnati Bengals running back Kenny Watson (33) is tackled by New York Jets defenders Kerry Rhodes, bottom, Victor Hobson, and Hank Poteat, right, in the third quarter of an NFL football game, Sunday, Oct. 21, 2007, in Cincinnati. Watson rushed for three touchdowns and 130 yards in the Bengals 38-31 win.
Cincinnati Bengals wide receiver Mike Martin ( leaps for some yardage with New York Jets linebacker Kevin McArthur behind him at Giants Stadium in East Rutherford, New Jersey on August 16, 1986.
Cincinnati Bengals cornerback Artrell Hawkins (27) breaks up a pass intended for New York Jets tight end Anthony Becht (88) on Sunday, Dec. 16, 2001, at Giants Stadium in East Rutherford, N.J.
New York Jets wide receiver Brad Smith, center, is tackled by Cincinnati Bengals cornerback Johnathan Joseph, left, and cornerback Leon Hall at an NFL football game at Giants Stadium in East Rutherford, N.J., Sunday, Jan. 3, 2010.
DE Trey Hendrickson celebrates a play against the Jets, Sunday, Sept. 25, 2022.
Cincinnati Bengals' Trey Hendrickson, second from right, tackles New York Jets quarterback Mike White during the second half of an NFL football game, Sunday, Oct. 31, 2021, in East Rutherford, N.J.
New York Jets' quarterback Joe Namath (12) lets go of the ball in fourth period action, Nov. 18, 1973, against the Cincinnati Bengals.
Quarterback Joe Burrow passes the football during the second quarter against the New York Jets.
Cincinnati Bengals wide receiver Marvin Jones (82) avoids a tackle by New York Jets free safety Jaiquawn Jarrett on his way to a six-yard touchdown reception in the second half of an NFL football game, Sunday, Oct. 27, 2013, in Cincinnati.
The Cincinnati Bengals quarterback Ken Anderson (14) is stopped during the second quarter by the New York Jets' Abdul Salaam (74) and Marty Lyons (93) in New York on Sept. 13, 1981.
Cincinnati Bengals quarterback Carson Palmer (9) looks for a receiver during an NFL football game at Giants Stadium in East Rutherford, N.J., Sunday, Jan. 3, 2010.
Cincinnati Bengals defensive end Joseph Ossai (58) looks to move past New York Jets offensive tackle George Fant (76) during an NFL football game, Sunday, Sept. 25, 2022, in East Rutherford, N.J. The Cincinnati Bengals won 27-12.
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