Bengals Flex Muscle Over Titans

Date: Thursday December 1, 2022

Writer: Anthony Iles

This past Sunday the Bengals were in Nashville facing the Titans. Things looked similar between the teams except the Bengals have the revamped line, there was no Chase or Mixon. It did not matter….

The Bengals offense continued to move down the field and got rhythm with passing and running. The defense continued where it left off last year against RB Henry and QB Tannehill . Henry ran the ball 17 times for only 38 yards. Bengals forced Tannehill to throw and try to beat them. It didn’t work. Titans longest play came from a good screen pass to Henry who went 70 yards but a forced fumble occurred by Bengals CB Taylor – Britt. Ball ended up in the endzone nearest to a Titans player who jumped on it for a TD. This was their only TD of the game. Everything else were field goals. Bengals RB Perine ran 17 times for 58 yards with a TD as well as 4 receptions for 35 yards. Higgins, Boyd, Hurst, and Irwin all made great contributions throughout the game and the last TD drive in the 4th quarter was the best as all players made plays but most impactful was the Irwin catch on 3rd down that resulted in a first down. This set up the TD pass to Higgins for the go ahead score. Bengals win 20-16.

Bengals played hard nosed defense along with power running and efficient passing to control the Titans. The Bengals showed the can play power football to win besides airing it out. Remind you this was all without Chase and Mixon. Titans fall to 7-4 and Bengals climb to 7-4 and now have same record as the Ravens as they lost to Jags in a wild finish. Bengals host Chiefs this Sunday at 4:25pm !! Can Burrow and the Bengals go to 3-0 against Mahomes and Chiefs? Chase and Mixon will be baxk as well!! We will find out Sunday!

Who Dey!!!