Facing a 30th-ranked Vikings pass defense made only weaker by the absence of top cornerback Xavier Rhodes (ankle), Bengals quarterback Andy Dalton had arguably his best game of the season Week 16 in Cincinnati, completing 27 of 38 passes for 366 and four touchdowns.
It was his third straight game with multiple touchdown passes but his first with at least four since Week 8 against the Jets, when he had eight. He has also gone three games without throwing an interception.
He didn't just lean on star wide receiver A.J. Green in this one either, completing multiple passes to six different receivers. Green caught two of his touchdown passes, but tight end Jermaine Gresham pulled down a 16-yard screamer in the middle of the end zone in the second quarter, and Mohamed Sanu grabbed a 7-yard tosss in the front corner of the end zone in the third. Dalton also found Andrew Hawkins on a 34-yard bomb in the fourth to set up Green's second touchdown.
Dalton will look to keep it going in Week 17, though he'll have a tougher matchup against the Ravens.