Wilson Restoration Units Up Gesicki’s First
Logan Wilson scooped up a Raiders fumble on a third-down play within the third quarter, and returned it 10 yards to the Las Vegas 21. It was Wilson’s first profession fumble restoration.
Cincinnati capitalized on the turnover 5 performs later, when Burrow rolled left and located Mike Gesicki for an 11-yard rating that boosted the result in 31-10. It was Gesicki’s first landing as a member of the Bengals, and his first since week 16 of the 2023 season (with New England).
Wilson additionally recovered one other fumble within the fourth quarter, leaping on a unfastened ball attributable to a Hendrickson strip-sack that arrange Cincinnati’s offense on the Raiders’ 13-yard line. Wilson is the primary Bengals participant to have two fumble recoveries in a sport since B.J. Hill in Week 3 of the 2022 season on the Jets.
Gesicki Hits Century Mark
Gesicki completed the afternoon with 5 grabs for a season-high 100 yards and two touchdowns, together with his second rating approaching a 47-yarder from Burrow within the fourth quarter that made it 38-17. The play marked his second-longest profession reception, behind a 70-yarder on Oct. 11, 2020 at San Francisco when he performed for Miami.
Gesicki logged his third profession 100-yard receiving sport and his first since Oct. 17, 2021 towards Jacksonville, additionally when he performed for the Dolphins. Sunday moreover marked the third time in Bengals historical past {that a} tight finish had 100+ receiving yards and a number of touchdowns. The final Bengals tight finish to do it was Sunday’s Ruler of the Jungle, Tyler Eifert, who posted 104 yards and two scores on Sept. 13, 2015 towards the Raiders in Oakland.
