“The post-game air hung heavy with ifs”, and “buts”. With a win, the Bengals would be 9-1 for the first time in franchise history.
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This is your Bengals vs Cardinals Sunday Night Football Open Thread…
That takes us back to Lewis’ main problem: Remember, the Bengals coach was in disbelief that the officiating crew decided to make the call “at that point in the game”. Running back Mike Tolbert followed Newton’s lead and dabbed on “em after scoring against Washington during the team’s home 44-16 win”. “We had way too many penalties today”. They ended the game with rookie cornerback Josh Shaw playing nickel with slot corner Leon Hall moving outside with Dre Kirkpatrick.
“I don’t know, man, they jumped offsides”, Peko said, via the Enquirer. “It was a lack of execution”. I would say Johnson is the leader on the ground.
That’s how it went Sunday. However, Cincinnati rebounded on a back-shoulder threw to Tyler Eifert, giving the Bengals a 7-0 lead with 26 seconds remaining in the first. Dalton was 8 of 11 for 127 yards and a 141.1 passer rating, while Bernard had 71 yards on five receptions.
This game could be a Super Bowl preview. But I also like that they threw in that it shouldn’t have come to that.
Dalton bounced back from a shaky start to the second half to engineer the Bengals’ comeback. His main receiver was Giovani Bernard out of the backfield, who caught eight balls for 128 yards. Nelson snagged four passes for 142 yards, including a lovely 64-yard touchdown bomb from Palmer. I don’t see how they make that call at that point in the game like that.
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“Calais (Campbell) and Frostee (Rucker) challenge me to step up, that I have to grow up and mature”, Gunter said. Inches from greatness and seconds from euphoria.
So instead of a 46-yard try, the penalty moved the ball from the 28 to the 14.
“It’s kind of ridiculous”, he said. “You have to just stand tall and be tough about it. That’s all you can do”. Basically, this game was one of those “whoever has the ball last will win” type of games, and Arizona just happened to have the ball last.
A MIRROR IMAGE: The Cardinals have repeatedly mentioned how much they see themselves in the Cincinnati offense. As Dalton said, he was “short, ‘ with it on an underthrow”.
THAT PENALTY: Bengals coach Marvin Lewis called it “that phantom call”. “We caught fire in the second half”.
“I took an owner head-on, you know?” “That was bad.’ But he made a few plays though”.
Carson Palmer got revenge against his former team, the Cincinnati Bengals.
“Their one minute was better than our one minute, ‘ said left end Carlos Dunlap”.
Neither Palmer nor Brown has revealed what went on behind the scenes to instigate the standoff.
“It wasn’t easy. That’s a great defense”. “He said it was time for the rookies to step up”. Palmer will get sacked once or twice, no doubt-but for the most part, he has a done a great job stepping up in the pocket and avoiding sacks. “We made the plays we had to”. If Dalton can overcome his prime time woes there’s no reason that the Bengals can’t come out on top of this one.
It wasn’t just another game for Carson Palmer.
“He hasn’t said a word”, Larry Fitzgerald told ESPN’s Ed Werder, “but we want to play well for him”.
Scott: I think Palmer will play just fine.
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Newton Should get several chances to dance against the Redskins’ defense, and quarterback Kirk Cousins and Washington’s offense will learn the meaning of regression to the mean when their offensive outburst last week becomes a distant memory against Luke Kuechly and the Carolina defense. “We put ourselves in position to win, but they were the better team”.
