![]() ![]() Hill's second touchdown, this one from 1 yard, pulled the Bengals within 28-21 with 11:26 left in the game, and the Cincinnati defense was able to force another punt. That put the ball on the Cincinnati 18, and two plays later, it was David Johnson sneaking out of the backfield for a 16-yard score and a 28-14 lead. At that point, Arizona was rolling at top speed, and after another Bengals punt, Palmer hit Nelson for another 36-yard catch-and-run. On their next drive, Cardinals took a 21-14 lead when Palmer threw his third touchdown of the game, hitting John Brown for an 18-yard score. That left rookie JJ Nelson wide open on a deep crossing route, and Palmer hit him in stride for a 64-yard touchdown. The Bengals were in two deep coverage, and safety George Iloka jumped a covered short route by Larry Fitzgerald. Palmer looked better in the second half, and took advantage of a Cincinnati mistake to tie the game. Dalton had a pass broken up by Patrick Peterson on 3rd-and-19, but Cincinnati was bailed out by a defensive holding penalty called on a blitzing defensive back in the end zone.ĭalton took advantage, beating a blitz with a 41-yard middle screen to Bernard that set up Jeremy Hill's 2-yard run to give the Bengals a 14-7 lead at halftime. The pass to Fells helped Palmer overcome his ugly first quarter, but the Bengals were able to put together a scoring drive late in the second quarter. The teams traded early touchdowns by their tight ends, with Andy Dalton's 3-yard pass to Tyler Eifert being matched by Palmer's 18-yard jump ball that was brought down in a crowd by Daniel Fells. The Cardinals are now 8-2 and lead the NFC West by three games over the Seattle Seahawks, while the Bengals (8-2) have lost two in a row and now only lead the Pittsburgh Steelers by two games in the AFC North. ![]() The Cardinals didn't have any timeouts, but Palmer gained 57 yards in three plays, two to Larry Fitzgerald, and Catanzaro's kick was right down the middle. That allowed Mike Nugent to kick a 43-field goal with 1:03 to play, tying the game at 31. An Arizona penalty kept the drive alive at the two-minute warning, and on the next play, Andy Dalton hit Giovani Bernard for a 30-yard catch-and-run to the Arizona 37. ![]() The Bengals trailed 31-21 with four minutes to go, but scored and got the ball back at their own 16 with 2:45 left, down 31-28. His 30-yard pass to Jermaine Kearse was the first touchdown the Bengals had allowed before halftime this season.Carson Palmer threw four touchdown passes, then led a last-minute drive to set up Chandler Catanzaro's winning field goal with one second to play as the Arizona Cardinals beat the Cincinnati Bengals 34-31. Russell Wilson was 15 of 23 for 213 yards with a touchdown, a tipped interception and four sacks. That was all the Bengals managed until Dalton - who leads the NFL in fourth-quarter passer rating - started the big comeback. His 11-yard TD pass to Tyler Eifert on the game’s opening drive ended Seattle’s streak of 20 defensive possessions without allowing a touchdown. Unlike Monday night, when Kam Chancellor stripped the ball from Detroit’s Calvin Johnson to preserve the 13-10 win, it couldn’t come up with the big play at the end.ĭalton was 30 of 44 for 331 yards with two touchdowns, an interception and a season-high four sacks. Undrafted rookie running back Thomas Rawls ran 69 yards for a touchdown, part of a career-best 169-yard game.īobby Wagner then returned a fumble 23 yards for a touchdown, handing a 24-7 lead to the NFL’s second-ranked defense. The Seahawks looked to be in good shape after scoring a pair touchdowns during a 2-minute span of the third quarter. The Seahawks also blew such games in 2003 against Baltimore and 2004 against St. The 17-point collapse matched the biggest in Seattle history. Cincinnati overcame an 18-point deficit to beat Arizona 24-21 in the 1997 season. The Bengals also did it at Baltimore in 2004 for a 27-26 victory. It was the second time Cincinnati had overtime a 17-point deficit in the fourth quarter and won, according to STATS. Nugent’s deflection off the upright ended it with 3:36 left in overtime, leaving Cincinnati 5-0 for the first time since 1988, the last time it went to the Super Bowl. Seattle punted twice in overtime, giving the Bengals a chance to pull it out. ![]() Mike Nugent tied it with a 31-yard field goal on the final play of regulation. Trailing 24-7 at the start of the fourth quarter, Dalton threw for a touchdown, ran for another and led the Bengals (5-0) on a 69-yard drive without a timeout. Their inability to stop Dalton had a lot to do with it. “It’s extremely frustrating knowing how talented we are and how poised we can be in those moments, and then to not finish, to not pull it out,” receiver Doug Baldwin said. ![]()
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