It’s a showy day in Western New York and the Bengals had little problem with that offensively in the first 30 minutes of Sunday’s matchup with Buffalo, carrying a 21-11 lead at halftime.

Cincinnati scored touchdowns on each of the club’s first three possessions, with Joe Burrow throwing two of them. Via Jay Morrison of SI.com, it was the last time the Bengals scored three consecutive touchdowns to open a game was back in Week 7 of the 2022 season against the Falcons.

The Bengals also started the game 7-of-7 on third down. The only time the club didn’t convert was late in the second quarter on a third-and-17, when Burrow couldn’t connect with Tee Higgins on an off-schedule play, to finish the first half 7-of-8 in the category.

Burrow finished the first half 13-of-18 for 130 yards with tw

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