When the Cincinnati Bengals played the Las Vegas Raiders in November, the focus of the Bengals offense on the first two drives of the game was to buy quarterback Joe Burrow enough time. If that could happen, then the Bengals could start the game with a few deep shots down the field.
But on the first third down of the game, Burrow had to scramble outside the pocket. On the second third down, he was strip-sacked for a fumble. On the following drive, the Raiders two star edge rushers forced Burrow to scramble again and throw the ball away on third down.