The Bengals’ did have their starter at left tackle, but he did not play well. In general, the Bengals’ o-line underwhelmed considering Joey Bosa barely played before suffering a head injury, The sooner Riley Reiff and Trey Hopkins return, the better. They combined for three first-half penalties and were ineffective at generating movement in the run game. These two were called to start due to injuries, and they did indeed look like backups. Bates had a few good moments to close the day out, but his early mistakes were costly. Later in the first half, he lost the ball in the end zone as Jaylen Guyton climbed through his pass interference for the game’s third touchdown.
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The veteran free safety was fooled by play action that left Keenan Allen wide open for second touchdown of the first quarter. No defender was torched more during the Chargers’ 24-0 start than Bates. He gained just 54 yards and a touchdown on 19 carries. Mixon had been playing so well lately, but the Chargers were determined to stopping him, and they were largely successful. The Bengals were approaching field goal range down 24-22, and in a single play, they were down 31-22. This felt like the true turning point of the game. The Chargers were the last team to recover a Mixon fumble when they played last year. Just when the Bengals’ running back was heating up, he coughed the ball up for just the second time all year and the Chargers for a touchdown-their first points since the beginning of the second quarter. Staying on the topic of costly turnovers, none was greater than Mixon’s fourth-quarter fumble. He would end up with 52 yards on five receptions. Who knows how much different the game would’ve been. Had Chase secured it, he would’ve sprinted into the end zone for sure. Joe Burrow threw a perfect deep ball to his former LSU teammate and Chase bobbled it long enough for Michael Davis to snag it out of the air. He was credited with two of them Sunday, with one being more impactful than the other. The preseason was months ago, but the drops have come back for Chase.
It seemed like the offense let down their quarterback in this one, and his injury only accentuates that feeling. He managed to play through it and turned in a solid outing before forcing an end zone throw that resulted in an interception.Įverything goes wrong as Bengals lose 41-22 to the Chargers Joe Burrow suffers pinky injury that is clearly impacting his play Burrow’s right pinky became a subplot of this game and it appeared as if it would affect him for the second half of the game. No, he did not come out on top over his peer Herbert, but the guy showed his true colors in the form of grit. They ended up taking down Herbert four times and had their way against a struggling Chargers’ o-line. They forced errant throws from the star quarterback and finished a handful of their pressures, including sacks from Cam Sample and Trey Hendrickson. Much of the Bengals’ mid-game resurgence was due to the defensive line impacting Justin Herbert. He was responsible for forcing Ekeler’s first fumble of the day, in which Jessie Bates returned for 46 yards. Hargreaves made his Bengals debut and got in on the turnover party as well. Hilton also had a good game in coverage and forced a fumble on Austin Ekeler. It looked as though the Chargers were going to pass all over the Bengals’ secondary, but they struggled to throw against an ascending Apple, who made multiple plays on the ball and maintained tight coverage.
He finished with nine receptions, 138 yards and his aforementioned score. In the fourth quarter, Higgins was horse-collar tackled and injured his foot in the process, but he stayed in the game and made a few more plays with the ball in his hands.
His 29-touchdown reception over two defenders in the second quarter started the team’s 22-0 run that made the game competitive. While most of the Bengals’ offense were making critical mistakes, Higgins was continuing his hot streak. Here are our winners and losers from Sunday’s crazy game. Now 7-5 on the year, the Bengals have a giveaway problem, and will likely be dealing with more injuries in the coming days. A couple of bad turnovers erased that from happening. The final score matched the energy from the beginning of the game, when nothing was going Cincinnati’s way, but the Bengals ended up with a legitimate chance to not just win, but bury the Chargers. The Cincinnati Bengals took another big loss at home, falling 41-22 to the Los Angeles Chargers. It’s hard to transcribe how wild that game was.
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