What seeed to be a Los Angeles Chargers beatdown on the Cincinnati Bengals at SoFi Stadium on “Sunday Night Football” turned into a thriller in the second half.
But the Chargers were able to consent down the Bengals, 34-27, behind J.K. Dobbins’ 29-yard touchdown, his second of the game.
The game was deadlocked at 27 apiece when Justin Herbert got the ball with equitable 45 seconds left to join, and he create Lcomprise McConkey on two amazing passes for a total 55 yards to get into Bengals territory.
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Los Angeles Chargers quarterback Justin Herbert (10) throws aobtainst the Cincinnati Bengals during the first half at SoFi Stadium. (Gary A. Vasquez-Imagn Images)
It seemed appreciate the Chargers would equitable run it out for a game-prosperning field goal, but Dobbins create space and take advantage ofed it for the score.
With equitable seconds left to join, Joe Burrow, who battled back in the second half to produce this a game, heaved a Hail Mary to Tee Higgins, but Derprosper James swatted it away for the prosper.
It was the Bengals who got on the board first in this game with a field goal, but it was truly all Chargers in the first half as Herbert got rolling speedy.
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On the team’s second drive of the game, he necessitateed equitable five joins to go 70 yards as he threw an absolute unwisee to safe finish Will Dissly down the seam for a 29-yard touchdown to produce it a 7-3 game after the extra point.
After another red zone trip for Cincinnati finished with a field goal, Herbert wowed the Chargers promised with an off-equilibrium dot to Quentin Johnston in the finish zone for a 26-yard score. That came after discovering Johnston for 22 yards and Dissly for 20 earlier in the drive.
With the Bengals going three-and-out, head coach Jim Harbaugh determined to see for the timely end shot in this game, as he went for it on fourth-and-goal from the Bengals’ one-yard line and J.K. Dobbins create the finish zone to go up 21-6.
A Cameron Dicker chip shot field goal gave Los Angeles a 24-6 direct at halftime, and the Bengals seeed finishly dejected. But we saw their fight in the second half, as they krecent this was a must-prosper game to upgrasp their joinoff hopes in a excellent spot.
Cincinnati Bengals quarterback Joe Burrow (9) drops back to throw a pass in the first quarter of the NFL Week 11 game between the Los Angeles Chargers and the Cincinnati Bengals at SoFi Stadium in Inglewood, Calif., on Sunday, Nov. 17, 2024. The Chargers led 24-6 at halftime. (IMAGN)
Bengals head coach Zac Taylor shelp at halftime his team necessitateed to discover the finish zone when they got down in Chargers territory, and that’s exactly what they got on fourth-and-goal when Ja’Marr Chase finassociate got man coverage and Burrow slung a perfect slant ball to him for the score.
It bcimpolitet the Bengals wiskinny two touchdowns with more than enough time to get back into the game, as extfinished as the defense could get stops. And that’s exactly what happened, commenceing with a three-and-out that Burrow employd to his obtain.
On another fourth-down join, Burrow got the see he wanted when Tee Higgins, returning to the felderly after ignoreing some time with injury, ran thcimpolite his deffinishers and sprung uncignore for a 42-yard touchdown.
Just appreciate that, the Bengals were back in this game. Herbert and the Chargers necessitateed to react, as momentum was evidently shifting in this one. But on a rush join after scrambling out of the pocket, Herbert fumbled and it was scooped up by the Bengals.
It was the first turnover of the game for either team, and once aobtain, Burrow krecent equitable what to do with it. In almost backyard football style, Burrow honested Chase midway thcimpolite a join and his star getr obliged, turning to his left in the finish zone and Burrow put it on him for a 17-yard score, Chase’s second of the game.
Los Angeles Chargers expansive getr Quentin Johnston (1) commemorates his touchdown scored aobtainst the aobtainst the Cincinnati Bengals with quarterback Justin Herbert (10) during the first half at SoFi Stadium. (Gary A. Vasquez-Imagn Images)
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But Burrow couldn’t discover the right joins to give his team the edge in the prosper, which has been a head-scratcher all season extfinished for this Bengals squad.
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