Tom Brady becomes the sixth quarterback in National Football League history to reach 50,000 career passing yards, as he led his New England Patriots to an impressive win against the Cincinnati Bengals, 43-17.

Prior to this game, critics and fans alike were asking whether or not the dynasty Bill Belichick's Patriots - that has been led by Brady for 14 years - is at an end, following their devastating loss to the Kansas City Chiefs, 41-14.

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In that game, the Patriots averaged only 3.8 yards per play in the first quarter, the fewest within the league at the current season. Brady also only threw 159 yards and two interceptions.

However, Brady faced the game with the Bengals without any prior indication of last week's blowout loss.

The first half was all Patriots, with Stevan Ridley running for a one yard touchdown, and Brady throwing a 17 yard touchdown pass to Tim Wright.

The second quarter saw kicked Stephen Gostkowski see significant scoring action, as he successfully had two field goals, putting the Patriots up by 17 by the end of the first half, 20-3.

The Benglas tried to mount a comeback though in the second half, with quarterback Andy Dalton completing a couple of touchdown passes to Mohamed Sanu (37 yards) and A.J. Green (17 yards).

But the Patriots proved to be too much. Early in the third, Brady found Rob Gronkowski for a touchdown to cap a 10 play drive. The defense also chipped in with the scoring, as Kyle Arrington had a 9 yard fumble return too.

Stephen Gostkowski took over for the fourth quarter, scoring nine points with three of his field goals.

Brady threw for 292 yards, while Stevan Ridley contributed 117 of the team's 221 rushing yards.

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