Win or lose, Amarius Mims is an absurdly bright mark for the Cincinnati Bengals.
Mims was dominant over the first two weeks of the season, but everyone sort of agreed the biggest test of all would be TJ Watt and the Pittsburgh Steelers in Week 3.
While his Bengals wound up losing, Mims was once again outright dominant, allowing zero pressures.
According to Pro Football Focus, he’s now allowed zero pressures over 111 pass-blocking snaps.
The next highest mark in the NFL belongs to a player with 16 snaps without a pressure.
Mims has surpassed even the loftiest of expectations set upon him based on his first-round status and the upward swing he enjoyed as last year finished.
In Cincinnati, specifically, fans have been hoping for a breakout tackle like
this for a long time, especially for Joe Burrow.
And Mims? He’s even saying the perfect things in the aftermath of the loss, too, as captured by Mike Petraglia of CLNS Media:
Amarius Mims on his terrific play against TJ Watt Sunday: “ It doesn't matter, man. At the end, I want to win. It didn't happen, so I feel like that was just for no reason in a sense. But like I said, going back to the drawing board, saying how can we can fix the small mistakes,… pic.twitter.com/E9rcpZAMTA
— Mike Petraglia (@Trags) September 28, 2026
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