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The Bengals took an early 21-0 lead but nearly blew it up at halftime Although they took the lead early, the Bengals suffered a humiliating loss to the Colts, losing 31- 27
AJ Green’s escape finally happened, and not a moment too soon Green caught eight passes for 96 yards in his best game of the season Tee Higgins also had a great game and crossed the bar. 100 yards for the first time in his career
The defense looked ill-equipped to stop Philip Rivers The Colts quarterback totaled 371 yards in the game, including over 250 in the second quarter alone
The Bengals started first, but recovered the ball after two games on a fumble from Jack Doyle Joe Mixon carried the ball four times in the first five games and gained 19 yards on the drive But Giovani Bernard was the back who got the score, rushing into the end zone two meters away After the extra point the Bengals were ahead, 7-0 with 11:17 left in the first quarter The Bengals scored in their first practice for the first time of the year
AJ Green had the best practice he had in a while on the next possession He carried two receptions for 29 yards The Bengals came down to the two yard line and did so in fourth and one Burrow got the first down and the touchdown on a sneak with 3:18 left in the quarter Randy Bullock’s extra point was good and the Bengals were leading 14-0
The Bengals forced another three in defense Burrow took a massive amount of yards on the third and nine on a 67-yard pass to Tee Higgins Mixon brought the ball in from the seven-yard line on the next game and scored the touchdown Bullock made the extra point and the Bengals quickly led 21-0 with 14:56 left in the second quarter
The Colts won their first try since the fumble and had their best possession of the game so far Rivers joined Marcus Johnson for 55 yards which saw the Colts end up in the red zone Trey Burton a took a direct snap and ran the ball to end training on a one-yard touchdown After the extra point, the Colts were finally on the scoreboard, down 21-7 with 12:18 to to do in the first half
The Bengals gained a massive amount of yards on the next run of a 25-yard sweep from Tyler Boyd But a winless sack and run forced the Bengals to settle for a basket Bullock pulled it off from 47 yards and the Bengals extended their lead to 24-7 with 8:04 left in the half
The Colts were desperate to catch up on the scoreboard and ran for 27 yards on their first three runs of the next drive The Colts came down to the red zone, and they reunited with Burton, this time for a receiving touchdown After the ten-yard touchdown pass, Rodrigo Blankenship’s extra point was good and the Colts came back 24-14 with 4:38 left in the half
The Bengals kicked in and Rivers got back to work Rivers found Johnson twice more over 40 yards Rivers beat LeShaun Sims on a 17-yard touchdown pass to Zach Pascal with 15 seconds left. play in the half After the extra point, the Colts nearly wiped out the Bengals’ lead, losing just 24-21 at halftime
By halftime, the Bengals had already matched their offensive output from the week before in the unbalanced loss to the Ravens, but the Bengals almost blurted out a three-point lead in less than a quarter
Midway through the third quarter, the Bengals started with the ball on the one-yard line after a punt The Bengals had to convert four third downs, and Green helped convert two Their last attempt did didn’t get the first, but it did allow Bullock to score a 55-yard field goal to extend the Bengals’ lead to 27-21 with 3:32 left in the third quarter
The Colts gave the ball to Jonathan Taylor on the next drive, and he gained 38 yards in his first two carries.Once in the red zone, Rivers hit Doyle for a 14-yard touchdown pass With 14:55 playing in the fourth quarter, the Colts took their first lead of the game after the extra point, now leading 28-27
After the Bengals attack, Jessie Bates kidnapped Rivers and took her close to the midfield The offense would fall in the goal range, but Randy Bullock missed a 40 yards with eight minutes to go He’s only two misses this season, but both were easily the two biggest kicks of the season, the first being the 31-yard miss against the Chargers in Week 1
After that, the Bengals couldn’t get off the field on the third down, which resulted in another long drive as the Colts Blankenship hit a 40-yard field goal and the Colts were leading 31-27 with 4:03 to do in the fourth quarter
Burrow took the ball with less than four minutes to go, which is usually when he’s playing at his best But he threw his first interception of the game with less than a minute to go, sealing the game for the Colts
After all this drama, the Bengals lost their 21-point lead and lost 31-27 to the Colts The Bengals fall to 1-4-1 on the season and head coach Zac Taylor remains winless on the road in his career A home game against the Cleveland Browns 4-2 awaits them
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