Fortunately, every other team is only 1-1, but the Bengals have squandered an opportunity to realistically be 2-0. The Bengals now fall to 0-2 and sit at the bottom of an AFC North that all lost in Week 2. The Cowboy’s offense was able to get into range, and they kicked a 50-yard field goal as time expired to win the game 20-17. Still, Cincinnati’s defense could not stop Rush from hitting his receivers down field when they needed to most. The Bengals were unable to pick up a first down on their possession. They then pinned Cincinnati inside their own 10-yard line. Hill deflected pass that brought up fourth down. The Cowboys’ following drive picked up a first down quickly but was stopped by a B.J. The entire drive could be summed up as the offense finally stepping up to the adversity they’ve been facing all season. He also had an unnecessary roughness flag picked up on a hit he took down the middle (even though it totally was). Tight end Hayden Hurst also came up big on a couple of third downs. It was probably the best protection the quarterback received all day as he was able to drop a few dimes in key situations. The drive started with the Cowboys punting the ball into the scoreboard, but they didn’t replay the down due to a lack of evidence (even though it totally did). What followed was a 19 play drive that resulted in a Higgins touchdown catch and Boyd two point conversion. The big man gets rewarded for pursuing the play.īurrow and the offense got the ball with a little over 12 minutes left in fourth quarter down by eight. It was his first fumble recovery of the season. Rush then hit his tight end for a first down, but Bell was able to punch the ball out for Cincinnati’s first forced turnover of the season. Then the Cowboys began to put together a methodical drive that looked destined for points. The Bengals added yet another field goal. Cincinnati managed to hit Tee Higgins and Tyler Boyd for the first time in the game, but the drive still only resulted in a field goal for a team that was looking to hit the ground running in Week 2. However, an encroachment penalty on the Cowboys gave them new life. They managed to add a field goal right before the half after Mike Hilton dropped a potentially game changing interception.Ĭoming out of halftime, the Bengals managed to get a first down before facing a Fourth-and-4 where they were set to punt. The defense at least held the Dallas offense and Rush in check the rest of the way. Plenty of third down and longs or plays getting blown up in the backfield. The rest of the half was very frustrating offensively for Cincinnati. However, Cincinnati’s defense finally stepped up with a stop that was catapulted by Trey Hendrickson making a nine yard tackle for a loss on second down. Joe Burrow continued to feel the pressure on the next drive as Micah Parsons ended up untouched on a crucial third down. Vonn Bell made a touchdown saving tackle, but Pollard got in the end zone the next play on a one-yard run. The Cowboys offensive prowess didn’t slow down on their second drive as running back Tony Pollard had a huge play where he took a pass over 40 yards from behind the line of scrimmage. Taylor says headsets went out on Bengals’ final possession punt hitting scoreboard was ‘big play in the game’ Twitter criticizes Zac Taylor following Bengals’ last-second loss at Cowboys 4 winners and 5 losers from Bengals’ loss to Cowboys
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