Josh Johnson passes for 300 yards for Baltimore Ravens, but Joe Burrow passes for 525
Baltimore Ravens third-string quarterback and former Bengal Josh Johnson, the team's starting quarterback for Sunday's AFC North showdown at Paul Brown Stadium between the Ravens and Cincinnati Bengals, led Baltimore to a touchdown on its opening drive of the Bengals' 41-21 win in Week 16, completing six of his eight attempts for 58 yards.
Johnson found Rashod Bateman in the end zone for a 4-yard touchdown pass on 3rd-and-goal to give Baltimore a first-quarter lead of 7-3.
The Bengals regained the lead - 10-7 - a short time later on running back Joe Mixon's 1-yard touchdown run up the middle.
Johnson played well in the first half, but it paled in comparison to the huge first half Bengals quarterback Joe Burrow had.
Johnson finished the game 28-of-40 for 304 yards with two touchdowns and an interception; Burrow had a franchise-record 525 passing yards with four TD passes.
Johnson, who played in two games for the Bengals in 2013, replaced Mike White at quarterback for the New York Jets during the third quarter of their October game against Cincinnati. It was Johnson's first NFL regular-season action since 2018.
In the Bengals' 41-17 win in Baltimore in October, Lamar Jackson - who missed Sunday's game with an ankle injury - completed 15 of 31 attempts for 257 passing yards with a touchdown, adding 88 rushing yards on 12 carries.
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