Joe Burrow made simply sufficient performs and the maligned Bengals protection stepped up and delivered a much-needed victory that gave Cincinnati some hope after a dismal begin to the season.
Burrow scored on a career-long 47-yard run on the opening possession, and Chase Brown scored on a game-clinching 30-yard landing run one play after his fumble fortunately rolled out of bounds within the fourth quarter of a 17-7 victory over the New York Giants on Sunday night time.
“We really needed it,” Burrow stated after the Bengals improved to 2-4.
“I don’t want to say we would have been out of it if we lost, but we’d be scratching and clawing for the rest of the year. We still really are but it was good to get a win. Great to see our defense step up like that. They’ve taken some heat the last couple of weeks. They played awesome tonight.”
Evan McPherson made a go-ahead 37-yard area purpose within the third quarter after a botched snap and maintain contributed to him lacking a possible game-winning kick every week earlier.
Rookie Tyrone Tracy ran for a 1-yard landing for the Giants (2-4), who’re winless at house in three video games and have scored one landing. They did not make the most of a Bengals protection that got here in ranked thirty first within the league in scoring.
The Giants punted 4 occasions within the first half. Within the second, they turned it over on downs twice and Greg Joseph missed two area purpose makes an attempt.
The high-scoring Bengals had been coming off a heartbreaking 41-38 additional time loss to visiting Baltimore, their second defeat this season by which Burrow and the offense put up greater than 30 factors. McPherson’s missed kick contributed to the defeat, however the Bengals additionally couldn’t cease the Ravens and Lamar Jackson.
This time, Cincinnati had been led defensively by Trey Hendrickson, who had two sacks, and linebacker Germaine Pratt, who intercepted Daniel Jones close to the purpose line within the first quarter after former Big B.J. Hill hit Jones whereas he was throwing.
“We just knew we had to come out and play our type of football,” Hill stated. “We were better at it. We’re still not perfect, still got a long way to go, but we can build off this win.”
After Tracy’s TD run tied the sport, the Bengals rapidly re-took the lead as Burrow danced within the backfield to present himself time to seek out Ja’Marr Chase on a 33-yard move to the Giants 37. McPherson transformed his go-ahead area purpose with 41 seconds left within the quarter.
New York had an opportunity to tie the sport quickly after, however Joseph missed a 47-yard try when the kick took a tough left because it neared the uprights.
The Giants had yet another probability to tie it late within the fourth quarter, however a crossing move to Darius Slayton was damaged up by DJ Turner.
The Giants, who had not scored a landing of their first 10 quarters at house this season, lastly discovered the tip zone on Tracy’s 1-yard run with 5:48 left within the third quarter. It capped a 16-play, 79 drive that featured two fourth-down conversions by Tracy.
Burrow stated of his 47-yard TD on third-and-18: “I saw an opening, saw it was man coverage. I was able to squeak through there and find the end zone.”
Burrow’s earlier future was 23 yards twice in a profession that began in 2020.
Jones went 22 of 41 for 205 yards and he additionally led New York with 56 yards speeding on 11 carries. Burrow had comparable numbers – 19 of 28 for 208 yards – however was adequate when it mattered.
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