With 30 minutes of football in the books, The trail the 21-7 at halftime. From the get-go, the Cincinnati Bengals captured momentum, winning the coin toss and choosing to take the ball on offense, like the best offensive teams of yesteryear. Methodically, quarterback Joe Burrow drove the Bengals down the field during a touchdown drive that lasted more than six minutes. As was the case during their playoff meeting last season, Cincinnati moved the ball at will via the ground game and through plenty of looks to their tight ends.
Following Cincy’s opening-drive touchdown, running back Ty Johnson took an ill-advised kickoff out of the end zone, forcing quarterback Josh Allen and the offense into a long-field scenario.