Thursday Night Preview: Miami Dolphins (3-0) at Cincinnati Bengals (1-2)
Week 4 of the 2022 NFL season gets underway on Thursday, September 29 (8:15 PM ET, Prime Video) as the Miami Dolphins (3-0) visit the Cincinnati Bengals (1-2) in a matchup between the AFC’s last undefeated team this season and the conference’s representative in last season’s Super Bowl. Miami leads the all-time regular-season series, 17-7, and the home team has won each of the past five meetings between the two clubs.
Miami defeated Buffalo, 21-19, in Week 3 to advance to 3-0 for the first time since 2018 and looks for its first 4-0 start to a season since 1995. Quarterback TUA TAGOVAILOA passed for 296 yards with one touchdown in the teams’ last meeting against Cincinnati and ranks second in the NFL this season in passing yards (925) and tied for third in touchdown passes (eight). He aims for his third start in a row with a completion percentage of 70-or-higher and a passer rating of 120-or-higher. Wide receivers JAYLEN WADDLE (342 receiving yards) and TYREEK HILL (317) rank second and third, respectively, in receiving yards this season. Last week, Waddle recorded four receptions and his third-career game with at least 100 receiving yards. He has 123 receptions in 19 career games, second-most by a player in his first 20 career games in NFL history. Hill registered seven receptions for 78 yards and a touchdown in his last game against the Bengals (2021 AFC Championship with Kansas City) and has a receiving touchdown in six of his seven career games on Thursday Night Football.
Linebacker MELVIN INGRAM totaled two sacks, a forced fumble and a fumble recovery in Week 3 and recorded a sack in his last game against Cincinnati (2021 AFC Championship with Kansas City). He has 4.5 sacks and seven tackles for loss in eight career Thursday games. Cornerback XAVIEN HOWARD recorded two passes defensed last week and aims for his sixth in a row with a pass defensed. He recorded an interception in the teams’ last meeting and has 27 interceptions since 2016, most among all players. In Week 3, safety JEVON HOLLAND set career highs in tackles (10) and sacks (1.5) and added two passed defensed and his first career forced fumble.
Cincinnati earned its first win of the season in Week 3 as quarterback JOE BURROW passed for 275 yards with three touchdowns and no interceptions for a 114.9 rating. Burrow has 4,467 passing yards (319.1 per game) and 30 total touchdowns (26 passing, four rushing) in 14 career home starts and can become the first quarterback since DREW BREES (2015-16) with at least 300 passing yards and two touchdown passes in five consecutive home games. He also aims for his third in a row on Thursday Night Football with at least 300 passing yards and two touchdown passes. Running back JOE MIXON has 13 touchdowns (11 rushing, two receiving) in his past 12 home games and totaled 115 scrimmage yards (93 rushing, 22 receiving) and a touchdown catch in his last home game against Miami (Week 5, 2018). Wide receiver JA’MARR CHASE recorded his 15th-career touchdown reception in Week 3, tied for the second-most among all players since he entered the league last season, while wide receiver TYLER BOYD led the team with 105 receiving yards. Boyd registered a 72-yard touchdown reception in the teams’ last meeting and aims for his third in a row against Miami with a touchdown.
Defensive end TREY HENDRICKSON recorded his first 2.5 sacks of the season and a career-high two forced fumbles in Week 3. He is one of three AFC players (MYLES GARRETT and T.J. WATT) with at least 16 sacks (16.5) since 2021. Linebacker LOGAN WILSON registered his seventh-career interception last week, most among linebackers since he entered the NFL in 2020. Safety JESSIE BATES notched his 11th-career interception in Week 3 and recorded an interception against Miami in the teams’ last home game in Cincinnati (Week 5, 2018). Since 2018, Bates is one of two defensive backs (JORDAN POYER) with at least 400 tackles (414) and 10 interceptions (11).
Prime Video will stream 15 Thursday Night Football games this season (Weeks 2-17, excluding Thanksgiving). The game will feature Al Michaels, Kirk Herbstreit and Kaylee Hartung on the call.
