Here's what Tampa Bay Buccaneers head coach Todd Bowles had to say about an ailing pass rush from Sunday's game.

The Bengals didn't necessarily win in pretty fashion against the Buccaneers, and they learned plenty about themselves.

The Bengals’ new-look defense forced four turnovers — including its first fumble recovery for a TD since 2022 — Joe Burrow passed for 254 yards and a touchdown and Cincinnati defeated the Tampa Bay Buccaneers 33-27.

New Bengals Stars WOW With Pro Football Focus Grades Against Buccaneers

CINCINNATI, Ohio — If you’re trying to evaluate a dominant interior defensive lineman strictly by flipping to the box score, you’re looking at the wrong place. That was the core of what Bengals coach Zac Taylor had to say about Dexter Lawrence’s Week 1 performance against the Buccaneers — a game that illustrated just how limited traditional statistics are when it comes to measuring impact on

NFL could hand out punishment after a hard hit on Cincinnati Bengals quarterback Joe Burrow during game against Tampa Bay Buccaneers.

Bengals' Amarius Mims Kicks Off All-Pro Buzz with Dominant Performance vs. Buccanners, Bain

CINCINNATI, Ohio — The Bengals defense had four takeaways as they beat the Buccaneers, 33-27, on Sunday. Here’s how the defense graded according to Pro Football Focus: (PFF grades every player on every play and uses a scale of 0-100,