Bengals still struggling, but pull out an ugly win over even sloppier Giants team

The Cincinnati Bengals aren’t asking for style points. None were given on Sunday night.

The jokes about the Bengals never showing up in September aren’t all that funny anymore, because it’s mid-October and they still seem stuck in the mud. At least they got an ugly win. The defense made enough plays to support an offense that got surprisingly little going, and they managed a 17-7 victory over the New York Giants.

If you want to be optimistic, it was a good sign for the Bengals that their struggling defense played by far its best game of the season and led a win. Assuming the offense plays much better than it did on Sunday night, maybe that’s a sign the Bengals can still be a factor in the AFC playoff picture. They just haven’t looked like that team very often this season.

The Bengals got a big touchdown run from Joe Burrow and not much else on Sunday night. The Giants didn’t get much at all though. The Bengals, who were 1-4 coming into Week 6, are desperate for wins and Sunday night’s victory gets them back to 2-4 for the season. But anyone who watched knows the Bengals don’t seem any closer to getting out of their early-season slump.

Joe Burrow of the Cincinnati Bengals runs the ball against the Giants. (Photo by Kevin Sabitus/Getty Images)

Slow start for both teams

There have been some exciting games in prime time this NFL season. Sunday night wasn’t one of them.

Both teams had a tough time executing anything. Daniel Jones threw a horrible interception as he was getting pressured, and missed on several other throws. The Bengals’ offense wasn’t much better but at least Cincinnati found one unexpected highlight. Burrow, who never had a run longer than 23 yards in his first 57 NFL games, took off on a third-and-18 and just kept running because there were no Giants defenders around him. He scored on a stunning 47-yard touchdown. It was a nice play for Burrow, but also a red flag that the Giants allowed Burrow to break a run like that.

One sequence summed up the game…

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Publish date : 2024-10-14 03:11:56

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