![]() *The Bengals' win ended their Monday Night Football skid at 3 games. Graham, including a career-best 53-yarder. They got inside the 20-yard lineįive times, but had to settle for three field goals by Shayne Only the Bengals' inability to score from close range prevented Scored so many points on Denver's defense. It was only the second time all season that an opponent Rudi Johnson also had a breakout game, running for 119 yards andĪ 36-yard touchdown that put the Bengals up 20-10 late in the third To bounce back from adversity with that whole Pepto-Bismol deal." "That's a true judge of character, having "A lot of guys would go in the tank," said Palmer, who wasġ2-of-21 for 198 yards. Tried to figure out why he had failed so miserably. He stayed low-key all week, keeping his thoughts to himself and he That's the way IĪ week earlier, Johnson had sent Pepto-Bismol to the Clevelandīrowns' defensive backs, only to play the worst game of his career. ![]() "He made a couple of plays," said Bailey, a four-time Pro Bowl He had two 50-yard catches against Bailey in the first halfĪlone, getting the downtrodden Bengals to believe they could pull Johnson did the most damage, catching seven passes for 149 The Broncos couldn't get nearly enough out of either. Running game and a defense that ranks among the leaders in everyĬategory. Leaning on Chad to get open and catch balls downfield."ĭenver (5-2) had won its last four games with the NFL's best "They believe in covering man-to-man and loading up to stop the With Bailey locked on him man-to-man, Johnson made one easyĬatch and a bunch of acrobatic ones that positioned Cincinnati for "I letĮverybody down last week, so I worked double hard this week." "This is something I expect," said Johnson, who had only threeĬatches and three drops in a 34-17 loss at Cleveland. Johnson excelled in a matchup of Pro Bowl receiver vs. ![]() The biggest ever to see a Bengals game in Cincinnati - was hopingĪ chatty receiver gave them so much more.Ī week after one of the most embarrassing moments of his career, Years, the longest such exile in the league. The Bengals (2-4) hadn't played on the Monday night stage for 12 Tracks on a 50-yard touchdown catch that got the Bengals revved forĪ 23-10 victory over the Denver Broncos in their long-awaited The Packers delivered a knockout punch with a 20-yard touchdown pass to Luke Musgrave with 3:46 left in the game to go up 20-3.CINCINNATI (AP) - With two reputations on the line - his team'sĪnd his own - Chad got the best of Champ and turned the BengalsĬhad Johnson left cornerback Champ Bailey face-down in his.Rypien’s interception in the fourth quarter was a costly one, helping set up the Packers with good field position, which they converted into a field goal to go up 13-3.One actually wasn’t forced by the Rams as the receiver just lost it going to the ground, but Jordan Fuller forced the second one, which was recovered by Duke Shelley. The Packers hadn’t lost a fumble all season but the Rams forced and recovered two of them in the third quarter alone.It was only a 20-yard punt by Ethan Evans, so the Rams barely pushed the Packers back. With fourth-and-17, it would’ve been a 54-yard field goal attempt, but Los Angeles opted to take a delay of game, which the Packers declined, and then punted it. The Rams had a questionable sequence in the third quarter.He still has eight games left to play, too. Puka Nacua set the Rams rookie record for receptions in one season, catching his 63rd pass of the year. ![]() Unfortunately, Durant left with a shoulder injury for the second straight week, exiting in the first half. Cobie Durant was getting more opportunities on the outside over Derion Kendrick, which got Quentin Lake more opportunities in the slot.remained the Rams’ starting running back but he continued to share the backfield with Royce Freeman. There were two botched snaps and a lost fumble by Rypien in the first couple of drives, which helped set up the Packers’ opening touchdown. Brett Rypien got the start and it took a little while for him to settle in.
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