The Bengals defensive tackle tandem hit the draft day double late during Sunday’s 24-6 lockdown of the Browns.
Second-rounder Kris Jenkins Jr. notched his second sack of the day on a play he quite fittingly has honed this season with B.J. Hill, the last Bengals defensive tackle to get multiple sacks in a game.
A few plays later, third-rounder McKinnley Jackson got his first NFL sack with a second effort that saw him crawl into the pocket to take care of Browns quarterback Dorian Thompson-Robinson.
In what the Bengals hope is a step ahead in the AFC North arms race against the Browns’ formidable trenches on either side of the ball, both plays victimized the Browns Pro Bowl guards.
Jenkins backed up six-time Pro Bowl left guard Joel Bitonio before Jackson initially got stoned by three-time Pro Bowl right guard Wyatt Teller and then kept scrambling inside Teller right into his first game ball.
“Nothing better than that. Especially the first one,” said an exuberant Jackson, who could be seen clutching his game ball an hour after the game. “I’m excited about this (sack), but I’m more excited about the next one.”
He’ll certainly get the chance in the last two games of the season. On Sunday, he played his third straight game with at least 30% of the snaps, and in the last two he’s got a forced fumble and that sack. After missing most of training camp and the first four games of the season with a knee injury, Jackson looks to be getting his feet under him.
“Both of us are just getting used to the speed of the game,” said Jenkins, the first Bengals rookie defensive tackle to have three sacks in a season since Pro Football Hall of Fame hopeful Geno Atkins in 2010.
“We’re blessed to have the vets we’ve got to keep teaching us and making it easier for us each week. Because we feel like we’re getting better each week. Just continue to try and build off that and slow the game down.”
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