
Evan McPherson drilled a 41-yard field goal at the buzzer to make it a 17-3 game at the half, giving the Bengals some life entering the final 30 minutes. Entering the drive, the Bengals had just 36 yards of total offense. He was at 254 yards before the final drive of the game.īurrow and the offense had about 100 seconds to cut into the 17-0 deficit, and their two-minute drill went 47 yards on a quick seven plays. Brady was up to 194 yards and the two touchdowns on 17-23 passing, as he was dicing up the middle of the field like he was back in New England. The Buccaneers had a 10-point lead at the start of the second quarter, and extended that lead right before halftime thanks to a quick screen to Chris Godwin for their second touchdown of the day. Burrow and Ja’Marr Chase couldn’t even connect on their stapled back-shoulder pass following a missed field goal from Ryan Succop. The Bengals’ first four drives featured three separate three-and-outs, two sacks, and the interception. Tampa Bay had the perfect script to beat Cincinnati. The QB-WR duo connected three times on the second drive for three completions and 64 yards before Russell Gage capped off the drive with a touchdown on fourth-and-goal over rookie Cam Taylor-Britt. The Bengals had run just eight plays in the first quarter, while Brady and Mike Evans were heating up. Tampa Bay managed to get well into the red zone before settling for the game’s first three points. His next drive ended after just three plays when Joe Tryon-Shoyinka sacked him off the right edge.īrady did his best to give the ball back to Burrow as the Bengals defense dropped two potential interceptions on the Bucs’ first drive. Keanu Neal got his hands on Burrow’s fourth pass of the day, and Carlton Davis caught it out of the air for the 11th interception of Burrow’s season.
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For the first time all season, Burrow threw an interception to a non-AFC North team. The quarterback matchup got off to a shaky start. Chase, Tee Higgins, Tyler Boyd, and Joe Mixon all had at least five receptions, and Mitchell Wilcox, the Largo, FL native, hauled in his first career touchdown mere miles from his hometown. Ja’Marr Chase was his leading receiver with 60 yards on seven receptions. The Bengals became the first team to beat him as they put up 34 unanswered points thanks to five second-half turnovers.īurrow posted a gritty 200 yards and four touchdowns on 27-39 passing.


Entering the game, Brady was 89-0 when leading by 17 points in a home game. History was made in the first-and potentially last-matchup between Joe Burrow and Tom Brady. It wasn’t pretty, but your Cincinnati Bengals are now 10-4 following a 34-23 road win over the Tampa Bay Buccaneers.
