Bengals @ Patriots
Bengals — Vontaze Burfict was at fault for Ezekiel Elliott’s 60-yard touchdown last week. He erroneously followed Jason Witten to the flat, vacating his run gap. (One guess why: tight end Geoff Swaim shifted across the formation before the snap, which forced Burfict to realign. Burfict may have forgotten that this changed his gap responsibility.) Burfict also made a pursuit angle mistake on Elliott’s 17-yard counter earlier in the game. This has to be a bounce-back week for him.
Patriots — No linebacking group is better at hitting run gaps than New England’s.