Despite the team’s winless record over the first two weeks of the season, the Cincinnati Bengals defense received a lot of praise. They ranked high in yards allowed and didn’t give up very many points, but two things were missing: turnovers and sacks.
Trey Hendrickson took care of both of those on his own this weekend.
The Bengals’ defense had four sacks against the Jets. Three of those were at least partially do to Hendrickson. All three were strip-sacks, and two of which were recovered by the Bengals. Interceptions by Logan Wilson and Jessie Bates added to the defense’s total and put the team on the plus side of the turnover margin.