Not only is the Bengals' 41-17 win over the Ravens a breakthrough victory that puts them at the top of what we can now officially be called the Ja'Marr AFC Playoff Chase, it puts them in a tie for first place in the AFC North and comes on the heels of Baltimore's 65-6 domination in last year's two games.

A win over the Jets in New York next Sunday with the Ravens on their bye would put the Bengals in first place all by themselves in November for the first time since the 2015 AFC North title run.

Today was a lot of fun," Burrow said.

- And that was after Ravens defensive tackle Calais Campbell spent the first half draped on Burrow.

But Campbell and outside linebacker Tyus Bowser shared the only sack of Burrow on Sunday and that was in the second half during the Bengals' spate of 28 points in about 19 minutes.

Today just wasn't our day.

"I mean there were several times in the second half where that happened where there is zero check where he had Marlon Humphrey – who I think is the best corner in the league," Burrow said and (the Ravens) play that way because they have that guy to play a zero blitz and put him one on one, and Ja'Marr did a great job against him today.

- The defense was immense with a season-high five sacks of Ravens quarterback Lamar Jackson, led by left end Sam Hubbard's career high 2.5.

In compiling a 5-0 record against the Bengals, Jackson had been sacked just five times in the whole series.

Jackson was just 15 of 31 passing after getting hit seven times in his first Bengals loss.

But like I said, they just played a good game today," Jackson said.

"I don't want to say anything is not working; we were just passing the ball a little bit more today.

They stopped us sometimes when we ran the ball, but they weren't just dynamic, just stopping us like that.

The Bengals came into this one giving up more than five yards per run against Jackson teams in those five previous games.

On Sunday, Jackson still ran on them for 7.3 yards per carry, but he only ran it 12 times.

And the difference this Sunday is the Ravens' two main running backs didn't do a thing.

Burrow bounded off the ropes in the first half like a heavyweight, sneered at Baltimore's signature pressure that bloodied him early and kept throwing haymakers until the 5-2 Ravens' vaunted man-to-man coverage left the field bruised and battered and in a tie with the 5-2 Bengals atop the AFC North

Find out what Bengals head coach Zac Taylor, quarterback Joe Burrow and the Bengals said following a 41-17 victory over the Baltimore Ravens in Week 7

The Bengals delivered a stirring statement to the NFL Sunday signed off by its top 10 defense when they blew out the AFC's best team at home with quarterback Joe Burrow orchestrating a devastating 28 points in a 19-minute span of the second half before a stunned sellout crowd in Baltimore

And while this isn't the first time he's been on a 4-2 team, the big games like Sunday in Baltimore (1 p.m.-Cincinnati's Channel 12) have been few and far between