Cincinnati Bengals: it’s time for adjustments

Had the penalty not been called on Peko and instead ruled a false start on the Cardinals, it would have required a 10-second runoff that would’ve sent the game to overtime.

It was an interesting night against the Bengals for Cardinals quarterback Carson Palmer. Whether it was fellow MVP candidate Andy Dalton basically matching Palmer yard-for-yard or Geno Atkins blowing up plays, the Bengals did everything they could in this 34-31 loss.

It’s possible that Sunday night was a Super Bowl preview, and if they play the same type of game, America will be captivated.

A weird penalty made the ending of Arizona’s wild 34-31 victory over Cincinnati even crazier.

Marvin Lewis and Domata Peko were confused by the penalty that set up Chandler Catanzaro for an easy, game-winning field goal. For the best outcomes to occur the Bengals, who were not in top form against the Texans or Cardinals, need to make a few adjustments.

GLENDALE, Ariz. (AP) – The matchup between two of the best in the National Football League lived up to the hype – with a weird twist at the end for good measure.

The penalty moved the ball from the 27 to the 14. Asked if he could have had more than four catches for 79 yards if Dalton had more time he said, “I think so, I think so”. “Andy’s been doing a great job the entire season man and he played a really good game (Sunday) but it just didn’t work out for us”.

The Bengals got off to a promising start.

“It’s kind of ridiculous”, he said. I don’t see how they make that call at that point in the game like that.

“We were still running back from our prior play, and I was just saying, ‘Get set, get set, get set’. We picked it up in the second half”. Dalton threw 39 times with 22 receptions and 315 yards.

A state track champion and All-State football player at Midfield High School, Nelson joined the Cardinals in the fifth round of the 2015 NFL Draft after running a 4.28-second 40-yard dash at the NFL Scouting Combine, the fastest among the draft prospects gathered in Indianapolis in February.

And almost immediately after the Seahawks were done celebrating Lynch’s score, Seattle was in the lead thanks to another sack and fumble. The play came on the Bengals opening drive of the second half and was on a second and four play from the Bengals’ 32 yard line.

Arizona rookie speedster J.J. “Our passing game was very poor”. “You’ve got a lot of guys that work hard and a lot of leaders that talk what they talk and back it up on the field and off the field”. “We lost occasionally in those situations but all in all, we protected the quarterback very well”.

There was little risk for Rodgers on the play because he put the ball along the sideline where Terence Newman could not have intercepted it. But there’s hardly another quarterback in the league who would’ve even tried.

Buffalo’s LeSean McCoy ran 20 times for 82 yards and a touchdown and caught six passes for 41 yards to surpass 100 yards from scrimmage for the fourth straight game. Cincinnati had tied the score with two late scores.

Although the Cardinals won the game, both team’s sit with identical 8-2 records. Despite the loss, the Bengals remain No. 2 – behind unbeaten New England – in the AFC. Palmer went off in the third quarter, hooking up for attractive touchdowns to Nelson, John Brown and David Johnson during what had to be the finest 15 minutes of his career. That was evident in Sunday’s second quarter when he found Nelson for 23 yards on a third-and-16 before delivering a dime to Darren Fells in the end zone from the 18.

After the Chiefs running back Charcandrick West left the game due to a hamstring injury, Spencer Ware gave the Chiefs a boost as Ware rushed for 96 yards and two touchdowns on 11 carries. “But they know me too well now, and I think they trust Carson also”.

Second-year corner Darqueze Dennard started for Jones before suffering a serious shoulder injury in the third quarter that reportedly will require surgery and his landing on injured reserve.