NaVorro Bowman Reflects on 49ers Defensive Effort vs. Bengals

Not that it’s a surprise, but because the Bengals haven’t given any official timetable on injured quarterback Andy Dalton it is worth noting that Bengals coach Marvin Lewis told reporters Monday that A.J.

Fullback Bruce Miller scored his first career rushing touchdown on a 1-yard plunge with 3:14 remaining in the third quarter, for a 24-7 deficit. AJ McCarron completed 15 of 21 passes for 192 yards and one touchdown to lead the Bengals.

CINCINNATI (AP) – AJ McCarron will start the Bengals’ most important game so far, one that likely will decide the top of the AFC playoff bracket.

DENVER QB: The Bengals QB situation is nowhere near as complex as what Denver has. f Andy Dalton is week-to-week, then on Monday Broncos head coach Gary Kubiak said Brock Osweiler is day-to-day after injuring his non-throwing shoulder Sunday against the Steelers. Jeremy Hill ran for a pair of 1-yard touchdowns to back McCarron’s 1st profession begin, with Dalton watching from the sideline.

The Bengals forced four turnovers, including three interceptions thrown by 49ers quarterback Blaine Gabbert. It was the second time this season the 49ers failed to score in the first half, and their offense has yet to produce a first-quarter touchdown.

Hill did not start Sunday’s game at San Francisco for unspecified reasons.

The Cincinnati Bengals demonstrated Sunday that the best remedy for an injured quarterback is an opportunistic defense.

San Francisco 49ers cornerback Kenneth Acker (20) sits on the… An interception by Vontaze Burfict inside the final minute, off the hands of Vance McDonald, let to a 20-yard score to tight end Tyler Kroft on the next play. “Those are the key things going into the game he had to go in and do”. They had turnovers and quite a few and we didn’t.

Ironically, the 49ers outgained the Bengals 318 yards to 242. “But we played in an empty stadium”, Smith said.

I have to take the points here, as Cincinnati is just as good of a team as Denver, and the backup QB’s cancel out each other. “We want to get rid of the ball”. After all, it had been hand-picked by NBC before the start of the season to be the week’s nationally televised, primetime game, during which the 49ers would honor their 1981 and ’88 champions – both of which beat the Bengals in the Super Bowl – at halftime to kick off a 50-day countdown to February’s Super Bowl which will be held at Levi’s Stadium. We slacked off in the second half as an offense. The blocked field goal in the fourth quarter snapped 49ers K Phil Dawson’s streak of having made 19 in a row since a miss in the opener…. The senior led Alabama to a 49-0 throttling of Chattanooga, passing for 171 yards and two touchdowns in Tuscaloosa on November 23, 2013. In a game that could hold the key to the Bengals’ postseason success this year, there is a real need for McCarron to be more than the game manager he was Sunday.