Jets vs. Bengals 2013, Week 8: Live coverage, score updates and more

Jones’ words comes off as perhaps a little over-aggressive. The threat came in-game, so there’s a chance the league takes a look at the incident and chalks it up to passion running wild in the heat of the moment. In Jones’ defense, he did try to bring up Nelson’s play with head coach Rex Ryan during the Bengals’ blowout win.

According to Pro Football Talk, the league is reviewing Nelson’s alleged cheap shots and Jones’ comments to see whether disciplinary action is necessary. Jones had an interception return for a touchdown during the game.

The Cincinnati Bengals pummeled the New York Jets on Sunday, winning 49-9 and looking every bit as dominant in the process.

All Cincy Jungle could do was marvel in the magnificent win:

The emergence of Jones is particularly important to Cincinnati. In previous years, this is a team that has been looking for a complementary receiver for A.J. Green, and if Jones can prove this wasn’t a one-week fluke against a rookie cornerback, the Bengals have a lot to build on.

Andy Dalton had a mammoth day with five touchdown passes. He was the fantasy stud of Sunday.

It’s been a bad day for Jets rookies, and a bad day in general. They trail Cincinnati, 49-9, in the dying moments of the game.

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Dalton has five touchdowns in the first three quarters. The only thing preventing him from pushing to match the NFL record for passing touchdowns (seven) will be if Cincinnati steps off the gas and starts playing its backup quarterback. The Bengals hold a commanding 49-9 lead, making this a real possibility. It will be interesting to see if head coach Marvin Lewis lets his quarterback chase personal glory, or if he’s happy to walk off the field with an easy win.

A fourth-quarter blowout normally becomes a boring affair, but there are now two key players to watch as the Bengals look to close out this game.

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Game Date/Time and Location: Sunday, Oct. 27, 4:05 p.m. ET at Paul Brown Stadium, Cincinnati, Ohio.

TV schedule and distribution map: CBS; The506.com

Anthony Cosenza at Cincy Jungle writes that Dalton could be entering his annual mid-season hot streak.

John B at Gang Green Nation thinks the Jets should supplement their struggling receiving corps by trading for Cleveland’s Josh Gordon.

The Bengals did not hit free agency very hard in the wake of Hall’s injury. Head coach Marvin Lewis admitted as much by challenging the Bengals’ backups to step up in comments that appeared to be targeted at Dre Kirkpatrick. The former first-round pick appears to be the Bengals’ de facto starter opposite Newman for Sunday’s game. He has appeared in just 10 of a possible 24 games due to injuries since being drafted in 2012. As with Smith, Sunday may be the perfect opportunity for a breakout performance.

Smith is the wild card. His arm has put up circus numbers before, hearkening back to his days at West Virginia, and we have seen rookie quarterbacks turn their seasons around at the midway point as recently as last season. Based on what we have seen of Smith and the Bengals this season, the odds appear to be stacked against him, but if he is truly an NFL-caliber quarterback, it would behoove him to beat those odds at some point, no?