Redskins, Bengals battle to 27-27 tie in London

Washington Redskins cornerback Josh Norman was not happy about their 27-27 tie with the Cincinnati Bengals on Sunday.

Say this, though. After giving up the tying field goal with 2:08 left, the defense stepped up in overtime and stopped them three times, the last when they went back on the field after quarterback Andy Dalton’s fumble at the Cincinnati 47 with 62 seconds left.

“Well I guess defenses caught up so I guess we have to stay ahead of the defenses”, Garcon said.

“I don’t know how to react”.

“Who’s No. 88? He sucked”.

Key starters on the banged-up Washington Redskins are active for Sunday’s game in London versus the healthy Cincinnati Bengals. It seemed like Sunday the Redskins wanted to grab onto any positive after this game and to some degree I don’t blame them. I am speaking on their behalf here and now. Here and now, this is just how I feel about it. They need to be watched and reprimanded. Norman had 5 penalties called on him in the game and let his anger be known after the game.

Penalties, red zone failures, and missed kicks doom the Redskins as they tie the Bengals in London, 27-27.

The Washington Redskins look fantastic on offense – dishing the ball around, driving down the field, keeping the defense guessing. Like I said, we’re (4-3-1), which doesn’t count for a loss. “This is your first game right?”

“But, you know, that’s the game”.

Kirk Cousins put on a show today in London his lone interception coming on what amounted to a “Arm punt” as Cousins launched one on 3rd-and-a-country-mile as far as he could to equate to a punt.

Cousins continued, saying guys are making plays, etc. Yet every time I touched him he knocked my hand into him. No one had a worse day than the overrated Josh Norman.

Redskins players preferred not to dwell on the missed opportunities of the first half. Reed’s 23-yard touchdown catch was the result of a 7-yard pass that the tight end then managed to extend 16 more yards by cutting back towards the middle of the field and diving over the goal line.

Kicker Dustin Hopkins missed two field goals, including a game-winning attempt in overtime.

Linebacker Marquis Flowers also had a 15-yard unnecessary roughness penalty negated by a holding call against Washington on the same lay. His second kick hooked wide left. “I’ll just have to see what technically happened with the whole operation”.

Coming on the heels of last Sunday’s 6-6 game between Arizona and Seattle, it’s the first time the National Football League has had been multiple ties in the same season since 1997 (Redskins-Giants and Eagles-Ravens). Jackson left the game after appearing to be hit helmet to helmet on the play by George Iloka and was evaluated for a concussion. Five of those picks are now slated to be in the top 75 picks and they are the heavy favorite to pick first overall. He often made most of his yards after the first contact.

“He (stunk)”, Norman said. “To put this game on him awful, I just want you to know that”. I’m to going to be straightforward. He was awful and I feel like he should be reprimanded.

So there you have it, a London NFL franchise that would bring not only the best players in the world to it’s fine stadiums, but also high turnouts at the stadiums and on the TV, plenty of money to boost the London economy, plenty of new jobs created and also a chance for the United Kingdom to stamp it’s unique culture on to the NFL world stage with positivity and prosperity.

Washington (4-3-1) needed to gain ground vs. Dallas and Philadelphia above it in the competitive NFC East, while Cincinnati (3-4-1) simply hoped to get back to.500 in the weaker AFC North.