On one of the interceptions, Dalton threw the ball way over the head of Tyler Eifert and it was easily picked by Bradley McDougald.
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It wasn’t pretty. Cincinnati took an uppercut on the chin during Tampa Bay’s 25-11 win over the hapless Bengals. The Bucs ripped off an efficient eight-play, 80-yard drive to open the game where they never reached third down.
The Buccaneers got off to a hot start against the Bengals on Monday, thanks in large part to what looks to be a rejuvenated Doug Martin.
“I have so much confidence in this kid”, Johnson said of Winston.
Andy Dalton was 3-for-3 in the game, tossing a TD pass to Mohamed Sanu on their first drive. In terms of future odds, Cincinnati has a 45 to 1 shot to win the Super Bowl, while Winston and the Bucs are a longshot at 100 to 1. The fourth-year pro had runs of 7 and 15 yards, before running emerging from a cluster of players and bolting 30 yards to the 1 to set up Winston’s TD on a bootleg around right end. Rookie and the No. pick quarterback completed 9 of 19 passes for 131 yards while Mike Glennon threw for 98 yards in 9-for-17 passes.
His departure didn’t slow down the Tampa Bay offense.
The Bucs may also need to tweak some things in their kicking game, where Murray missed one of three extra-point tried and one of his two field-goal attempts.
The sliver of good news from the first half was the Bengals exited without major injury. McCarron completed a 15-yard pass, but was sacked on the final play of the contest.
After accumulating 1,454 yards and 11 touchdowns on 319 carries and contributing another 472 yards receiving in his rookie campaign, Martin has had a combined 261 carries for 950 yards and 3 touchdowns over the last two seasons.
Offensive Line. As for Cincinnati’s first-team offense, it was very bad.
Winston finished 3-for-3 for 27 yards on the drive.
Most assume the Bucs want Cherilus to end up taking the starting RT spot during Dotson’s abscence, so this will be his first chance to make a claim for the job.
Sims and Dennard both played in the preseason opener.
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To find out how to watch the Cincinnati Bengals vs. Tampa Bay Buccaneers NFL Monday Night Preseason Football Game live online, see the streaming info below in this article. They conclude the preseason September 3 in Indianapolis.
