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Browns, Bengals fall behind Ravens in AFC North while Steelers win

By Elliot Kennel

Oct 10, 2021; Inglewood, California, USA; Cleveland Browns running back Kareem Hunt (27) celebrates his touchdown scored against the Los Angeles Chargers during the second half at SoFi Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Gary A. Vasquez-USA TODAY Sports
Oct 10, 2021; Inglewood, California, USA; Cleveland Browns running back Kareem Hunt (27) celebrates his touchdown scored against the Los Angeles Chargers during the second half at SoFi Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Gary A. Vasquez-USA TODAY Sports /
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Oct 10, 2021; Cincinnati, Ohio, USA; Cincinnati Bengals kicker Evan McPherson (2)reacts to missing the kick during the fourth quarter against the Green Bay Packers in overtime at Paul Brown Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Joseph Maiorana-USA TODAY Sports
Oct 10, 2021; Cincinnati, Ohio, USA; Cincinnati Bengals kicker Evan McPherson (2)reacts to missing the kick during the fourth quarter against the Green Bay Packers in overtime at Paul Brown Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Joseph Maiorana-USA TODAY Sports /

Bengals, Packers, kickers’ toes lead to woes

The Bengals managed to give away a victory against Aaron Rodgers and the Packers, with rookie non-sensation Evan McPherson combining with Packers veteran Mason Crosby to miss five consecutive field goals.

McPherson was drafted in the fifth round to be the Bengals answer to Justin Tucker of the Baltimore Ravens. He is supposed to be really good and really accurate, but not quite versus the Packers.

As all NFL fans are aware, the Bengals are absolute specialists in finding ways to blow games. They had the Packers on the ropes in the fourth quarter, but the two kickers started missing field goals.

The 37-year-old Crosby started the shenanigans by missing from 36 yards with 2:12 left in regulation.

Then the kid hit the right upright from 57 yards with 21 seconds left. Doink!

In overtime, De’Vondre Campbell picked off Joe Burrow on the first play of overtime. Green Bay ball on the 17-yard line. Now, that is a change of possession, so a field goal wins it, right? So why not kick the 34 field goal immediately? Well, no, talk about choke.

Packers coach Matt LaFleur decides to run the ball and loses yardage and darn near fumbles the ball away. Coach, this is dumb! You don’t need to score a touchdown. A field goal wins it. But the Packers ran again and lost yardage again. Now it became a 40-yard field goal and Crosby missed it.

The Bengals took over and set up McPherson with a 49-yard attempt, and he knocked through the game-winner. Oops, wait! On second thought it just nicked the streamer on the goal post but did not actually go through the goal post. Sorry, kid.

Green Bay got yet another chance and presented Crosby with yet another 49-yard attempt, and the old guy finally made a perfect kick, and that was that.

Another chapter in Bengals history, as excruciating a loss as ever. Still, the takeaway is the Bengals played a very good Packer team pretty much even and should have beaten them. The Bengals are a definite threat with Joe Burrow at the controls, and Ja’Marr Chase has been every bit as good as advertised, despite all the complaints about pre-season misses.

He has 456 yards in five games, with 5 touchdowns and a 19.8 yards per reception average. Apparently, the Burrow Scouting Bureau made the correct recommendation.

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There is no indication that the Bengals are going away. The Bengals are still 3-2, same as the Browns, and very much in contention.

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