Denver • Andy Dalton threw three touchdown passes in the Cincinnati Bengals' 20-17 win over the Broncos on Sunday, their first win in Denver since 1975 when franchise founder Paul Brown was their head coach.
That snapped the Bengals' 10-game losing streak in Denver and sent the Broncos (3-7) to their sixth straight loss, their longest skid in 27 years.
Trailing by a field goal with 1:52 left, the Broncos went three-and-out with Brock Osweiler taking a sack and then firing incomplete to Emmanuel Sanders on fourth-and-4 from his own 26.
Broncos GM John Elway's labeling of his team as soft 48 hours earlier did nothing to harden the Broncos, who stubbornly stuck with formations and schemes that aren't working, such as Mike McCoy's three-receiver sets as his base formation.