Uncharacteristically, Burrow overthrew his man by several years.
On second-and-4 from the Baltimore 26-yard line, Joe Burrow had Tee Higgins wide the heck open for what should have been one of the easiest touchdown connections of his career. Eight plays later, Joe Mixon found his way into the end zone to give the Bengals a two-score lead.īaltimore's next drive lasted just three plays, with Brown throwing behind Demarcus Robinson and getting picked off by Von Bell. Mahomes finishes 31 of 42 passing for 385 yards and four touchdowns (17 of 21. On the first play of the next drive, Anthony Brown tried to find Isaiah Likely coming across the field on a crossing route, but pressure got to him just as he was preparing to throw, so he missed way high and way intercepted by Jessie Bates. Ravens Friday injury report: S Jimmie Ward out. Ravens live updates, highlights from Monday Night Football 11:15 p.m.
Cincinnati took a 3-0 lead after its first possession of the game, a 17-play, 64-yard drive that ended with Evan McPherson knocking it through the uprights. I was tempted to say, "when the teams announced their inactive lists" but instead we'll go with an actual play from the game. The game was not as close as the final score. They sat numerous offensive starters, and the deep backups did honestly not put up much of a fight. Their defense did an excellent job of making things difficult for Baltimore's third-string quarterback and added a touchdown on a strip-sack, so that was a nice positive. So, even though their offensive performance actually wasn't all that great (Joe Burrow averaged 5.1 yards per attempt and Joe Mixon gained only 2.5 yards per carry), they were never seriously threatened here. The Bengals played their starters in this one, while the Ravens played a great number of backups. They tried to win the game and the Ravens mostly did not. Three Ravens field goals in the second half were barely enough to put a dent in the deficit, and the Bengals won the game rather comfortably. Cincinnati also got a defensive score via a Trey Hendrickson strip-sack, which resulted in a Joseph Ossai touchdown when he recovered the ball in the end zone.Ĭincinnati's offense didn't get much going for most of the second half (it had a 67-yard field goal drive but otherwise gained only 15 yards on seven possessions), but the lead the Bengals had built was large enough that it didn't much matter. Joe Mixon scored from 1 yard out after Tyler Boyd got the Bengals down to the goal line, while Ja'Marr Chase made a leaping snag for a 26-yard score later in the half. The Bengals defense picked off undrafted rookie quarterback Anthony Brown twice in the first half, with each of those interceptions leading to a Cincinnati touchdown. The results on the field largely reflected the differing strategy, with Cincinnati taking a double-digit lead late in the first quarter and not being seriously threatened for the remaining 46 minutes of the game. The Ravens sat numerous starters for this contest, while the Bengals played their healthy players in an attempt to both avoid a coin flip to determine home field in a potential playoff rematch between these two teams, and also keep pressure on the Buffalo Bills in the race for the No. All Rights Reserved.In one of the most consequential games of Week 18, the Cincinnati Bengals defeated the division rival Baltimore Ravens 27-16, securing a home game in the first round of the playoffs in the process as a third seed.
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