09-27-2015, 06:14 PM
(09-27-2015, 06:08 PM)Utts Wrote: Defense played pretty good the first half, and then got lit up in the second. I don't know what the stats look like, but it seemed like we played well on 1st and 2nd down, but seemed to give up a number of closely contested 3rd downs.
They weren't terrible, but I was expecting a more dominant mugging of Flacco, with his lack of weapons and the big lead working in the Bengals' favor, but somehow they always take the game down to the last few minutes. With that said, they had a lead until the scoop and score, so it wasn't all their fault for giving up the lead.
With the refs screwing them on one td and the scoop and score, they showed great poise to come back twice and wrangle the game away from Baltimore. So, it was an awesome game from a toughess standpoint.