Late in an eventual overtime classic win over the Denver Broncos, Cincinnati Bengals running back Chase Brown slid (and got hurt) instead of scoring a touchdown. Clearly, the idea was for the Bengals
A win is a win, and the Bengals can leave the contest with their postseason hopes remaining alive, but it nearly wasn't that way thanks to some questionable clock management decis
Denver sealed Cincinnati's fate, and HBO’s "Hard Knocks," which followed the AFC North teams this season, captured some of the Bengals’ players and head coach Zac Taylor's immediate reactions as they watched it all unfold.
Cincinnati's head coach stayed aggressive and an injury threw off a chance to bleed the clock almost all the way down.
A look at how the clock would have played out if Bengals hadn't scored when they did and how Denver had a chance to tie it either way.
The Cincinnati Bengals beat the Denver Broncos in one of the most exciting games of the season. However, all the drama that took place on Saturday at Paycor Stadium was the product
The Cincinnati Bengals have done all they can to keep a playoff berth possible pending Sunday's results. Both head coach Zac Taylor and quarterback Joe Burrow are confident in what's possible in the postseason after their five-game winning streak.
Anyone associated with the Bengals or the team's fans didn't have to scoreboard watch for long on Sunday before the team's playoff hopes were dashed.
Zac Taylor should have higher-profile options in filling the position than when he took over as head coach in 2019.
The Bengals are guilty of digging themselves such a deep hole early in the season they leave themselves no margin for error down the stretch. This is a proven theme under Taylor’s leadership, and it must be addressed if the goal of the organization isn’t to try and squeeze into the playoffs each year.
The Cincinnati Bengals could only watch from afar as their playoff hopes were extinguished on Sunday. There, the Kansas City Chiefs trotted out backups against the Denver Broncos and were promptly blown out, 38-0. That result sends the Broncos to the seventh and final seed in the AFC playoffs.