Bengals 45 Dolphins 21
Trailing 14-10 in the 2nd quarter, the Bengals (5-10) reeled off 35 unanswered to win.
The defense forced three turnovers in the 3rd quarter, Chase Brown scored three touchdowns in the 3rd quarter, and Joe Burrow bounced back from his struggles of a week ago with four TD passes.
Joe Flacco took over with 11:22 left. The Bengals led 45-14 before a garbage time TD drive vs Bengals backups.
Flow: 7-0 lead, 7-7 after 1st, led 10-7 2nd, trailed 14-10, led 17-14 half. 24-14 3rd, 31-14, 38-14, 45-14, 45-21
Offense: 407 yards
TD drives/yards: 91–56–34–35-53-52.
Burrow: 25-32-309, 4 TD, 2 sacks, 20K career yards/5th fastest. Completions to eight different teammates. QB rating 146.5, 2nd best career.
Brown: 12-66, TD run, 4-43, 2 TD catch. Nice protection block on TD pass.
Tee: 3-53, 9-yard TD, 35 yard catch
Chase: 9-109, 36-yard comeback catch. 7th 100 yard game.
Perine: 7-25, TD run
Gesicki: 3-35, TD
Yoshi: 21-yard 3rd down catch
Sample: 27-yard 3rd & 10 catch
CBS: Bengals 32-17 w/ Burrow-Chase-Higgins, 13-20 w/o at least one of them.
Defense:
Consecutive 3rd quarter possessions: Fumble, INT, turnover on downs, INT
Feasted on 7th round rookie QB Quinn Ewers.
Run D: 28-129…..but 26-81 minus 48 yard TD run.
3rd D: 2-10
Battle punched ball out. Myles Murphy recovered. Led to Brown TD.
Barrett Carter 1st INT. Josh Newton knocked ball in the air. Led led to Brown TD.
Jalen Davis 1st career interception.
Got a 4th down run stop in 3rd.
Murphy: 3rd & 2 stop ended 1st drive.
48 yard Achane TD run. Poor angle Murphy/missed tackle Stone.
Special Teams:
Ke’Shawn Williams 3-76 KR, 26 yard PR
Taj Brooks 41-yard KR
McPherson 45-yard FG
Joe Giles Harris big in KR coverage
Rehkow 2 inside 10, 4 inside 20, average 52.0