It was a great day to be at Paycor Stadium if your team was the Cincinnati Bengals.

Joe Burrow guided the Bengals offense to 537 yards of total offense behind Burrow's 34 of 42 passing for 481 yards and three touchdowns, with main targets against the Atlanta Falcons being Tyler Boyd (155-yards / 1 touchdown) and Ja'Marr Chase (130-yards / 2 touchdowns), and the Falcons didn't know what hit them trailing 28-17 at the half with Burrow adding another score in the third quarter.

While it would be easy to give Burrow and the offense all the praise for their successful day, Lou Anarumo had the defense dialed in except for a short period before halftime that was quickly forgotten in the second half as they shut down the Falcons offense. In addition, several young players like Cam Taylor-Britt and Jay Tufele stepped forward, helping the Bengals overcome several injuries.

Go In The Trenches with Dave Lapham, presented by First Star Logistics, to get Laps' thoughts on the Bengals successful day as they move to a 4-3 record with a significant prime-time NFL match-up set for next Monday night against the Cleveland Browns.