Joe Burrow threw a tiebreaking 40-yard landing move to Ja’Marr Chase after Dallas botched a blocked punt to offer the ball again to Cincinnati within the remaining two minutes, and the Bengals beat the Cowboys 27-20 on Monday night time.
The Cowboys have been about to get the ball again with the rating tied with lower than two minutes to play when Nick Vigil blocked a punt by Cincinnati’s Ryan Rehkow.
Dallas cornerback Amani Oruwariye tried to discipline the bouncing ball, though leaving it alone would have given the Cowboys possession. However Oruwariye couldn’t maintain on to the ball, and the Bengals’ Maema Njongmeta recovered on the Cincinnati 43-yard line with 1:53 remaining. Three performs later, Burrow threw to Chase, who evaded DaRon Bland and ran untouched into the endzone for the lead with 1:01 to go.
The profitable TD secured a fourth consecutive sport of not less than 300 yards passing and three touchdowns for Burrow, who completed with 369 and three scores, two to Chase.
Monday’s win was the primary victory in that stretch for the Bengals (5-8) as they ended a three-game dropping streak. Chase, the NFL chief in receiving yards and touchdowns, had 177 yards and is as much as 15 TDs for the season.
Cooper Rush threw two TD passes and Rico Dowdle ran for a career-high 131 yards because the Cowboys (5-8) noticed the top of a modest two-game profitable streak after dropping 5 in a row. The Bengals ended a five-game dropping streak in opposition to the Cowboys with the primary victory within the sequence since 2004.
The Cowboys misplaced linebacker DeMarvion Overshown to a proper knee damage within the fourth quarter. It got here within the first sport for Dallas since his spectacular 23-yard interception return for a landing in a 27-20 victory over the New York Giants on Thanksgiving.
Overshown was second on the crew in sacks to move dashing star Micah Parsons going into the Cincinnati sport. The previous Texas standout had 5 to Parsons’ 6.5.
