Thought both defenses played great. Seemed like the Rams got like 8 chances to punch it in at the end, and eventually the Bengals defense was going to wear down and let it happen.
Most of those penalties were valid, but I do think that first one inside the 10 on 3rd down, was the ref's trying to extend the game. They let that stuff go all game, up until that point.
Burrow, just seemed like he couldn't find his guys for most of the game. Outside of that one amazing catch by Chase and the missed Offensive PI on Higgins, against Ramsey, he couldn't get much going. I think Cincy should have tried running the ball a bit more. Mixon seemed like he was finding holes in the 2nd half of the game. Probably should have sent his talented receiving corp into the slot more often or thrown to Mixon more. He was holding on to the ball way too long, waiting for routes to develop.
|