It was a victory for the Bengals in their visit to Houston. The first visitor since Zac Taylor is the HC of the franchise.
In a lackluster game, difficult to analyze and that faced two teams thinking about 2021 for several weeks, the Bengals deservedly beat their counterpart in Houston.
From the first quarter it was observed that Cincinatti’s team had the reins of the game. An early TD by TE Drew Sample off Brandon Allen’s pass showed that the offense was sharp and that the Texas defense simply hadn’t shown up to compete. At the NRG Stadium a home team was seen broken, adrift. In their offensive face they took advantage of a rival defense that seemed to come on leave after the great game they faced the Steelers. Every time Watson wanted to pass he found wide receivers, every time Johnson wanted to run he found the LBs watching another game. That was the reason for the parity on the scoreboard, and in turn, that the game had a preseason semblance.
The brief 10-10 on the scoreboard at the end of the first half, is explained by the interest in practicing unconventional offenses on the part of Allen’s. The second half was an offensive walk featuring Tee Higgins ‘acrobatic TD and Johnson’s solo runs on the Texans’ side.
The only defensive play of the game occurred within the two-minute break. A sack by Sam Hubbard (the only one in the match) that caused Watson’s fumble and left the way to Bengal’s victory 37-31.
A dark season finale for both teams. On the side of the Texas, this week the interview with Marvin Lewis will determine whether the former HC of the Bengals will wear the blue cap for the 2021 season; on the side of Cincinatti’s side, second consecutive victory with the bitterness of having definitively lost pick 3 with which they can say goodbye to the dream of Penei Sewell wearing orange and black.
A game that nobody will remember immersed in a season that nobody will miss.
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