ATLANTA (AP) — Watching from the Cincinnati sideline
Germaine Pratt Cincinnati Bengals Jersey , Bengals cornerback Dre Kirkpatrick couldn’t stop smiling as he watched Bengals receivers Tyler Boyd and A.J. Green
shred the Atlanta Falcons‘ secondary on the game-winning drive.“They went
crazy,” Kirkpatrick said. “Watching them do what they do puts big smiles on
everybody’s faces. This is what it’s about.”Andy Dalton threw a 13-yard
touchdown pass to Green with 7 seconds remaining, lifting Cincinnati to a 37-36
win over the Falcons on Sunday in a game that extends the first-place Bengals’
strong start.Dalton completed four passes to Boyd, including two on fourth
downs, as he moved the Bengals 75 yards on 16 plays in about four minutes.Green,
the former University of Georgia star making his first return to the state of
Georgia, made a diving catch in the right side of the end zone to cap the drive.
He had four catches for 78 yards.Running back Joe Mixon, who missed his second
straight game for Cincinnati while recovering from knee surgery, ran down the
sideline to celebrate with Green in the end zone.“Every time we were in the
huddle we were encouraging each other and saying we’ve got to find a way,” said
tight end C.J. Uzomah. “We made it happen.”Giovani Bernard ran for 69 yards and
two touchdowns for Cincinnati (3-1).Kirkpatrick said the Bengals are “fighting
for each other, standing up for each other, believing in each other. In previous
years, we haven’t had that.”Matt Ryan continued his resurgence by throwing three
scoring passes, including two to rookie Calvin Ridley
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New Orleans, Ryan had too little support from a defense missing three injured
starters, despite three sacks from Takk McKinley .The Falcons (1-3) topped 30
points for the third straight week. Ryan, the 2016 NFL MVP, has thrown eight
touchdown passes in his past two weeks and has 10 through four games after
throwing only 20 in 2017.Falcons coach Dan Quinn said his team lacks the
instinct needed “to close the door” with a lead. “We’re going to develop that
instinct,” he said. “We do not have it as we need it right now.”The Bengals,
protecting at least a share of the AFC North lead, have enjoyed a strong start
despite playing three of their first four games on the road. They play six of
their next eight at home.Atlanta’s Matt Bryant, who kicked three field goals,
including a 55-yard field goal in the second quarter, was good from 32 yards to
give the Falcons a 36-31 lead with 4:15 remaining.That was too much time for
Dalton, who completed 29 of 41 passes for 336 yards and three touchdowns and one
interception.Bengals tight end Tyler Eifert had four catches for 38 yards,
including a 15-yard scoring catch in the first quarter
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entering the game, caught a 2-yard pass and was tackled by De’Vondre Campbell
and Jack Crawford. Eifert brought his hands up to his helmet as he was on his
back in obvious pain. His leg stabilized by the medical staff, Eifert received
encouragement from teammates before he was carted off the field.INJURY
REPORTBengals halfback Mark Walton did not return and was being treated for a
possible concussion after a helmet-to-helmet penalty hit by Brian Poole near the
end of the third. Falcons defensive tackle Grady Jarrett had an ankle injury
late in the fourth and did not return.RISING STARKirkpatrick talked during the
week about winning bragging rights with fellow former Alabama star Julio Jones,
who had nine catches for 173 yards. Kirkpatrick was impressed with Ridley,
another former Alabama player who had four catches for 54 yards. Ridley had
scoring catches of 11 and 30 yards, giving him five in his past two games and
six for the season.“That Ridley kid, the boy is about to take the NFL by storm,”
Kirkpatrick said. “That boy if not this year, if not next year, he’s definitely
going to be top 10 in the league.”PRESIDENTIAL VISITFormer President Jimmy
Carter was given a No. 39 Falcons jersey, as the 39th U.S. president. In a
pregame ceremony, Carter was presented a birthday cake by team owner Arthur
Blank one day before Carter’s 94th birthday.Carter also rang the pregame train
horn and yelled “Rise Up” to Falcons fans.MENDINGEach team was without its top
running back. Devonta Freeman missed his third straight game for Atlanta with a
sore right knee. Mixon was held out for the second straight week for the Bengals
after having debris removed from his right knee.LONG TIMEThe Bengals lead the
series 9-5 following their first win in Atlanta since a 16-10 victory on Nov.
15, 1987
Cheap Germaine Pratt Jersey , at old Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium.UP NEXTBengals: host Miami Dolphins next Sunday.Falcons: Visit the Pittsburgh Steelers on Sunday
in first road game since opening season at Philadelphia. The Los Angeles
Chargers had every reason to be susceptible to a trap game against
Cincinnati.The Chargers were coming off an emotional, come-from-behind victory
against Pittsburgh last Sunday and a key AFC West showdown at Kansas City was
fast approaching.Sunday’s 26-21 victory over the Bengals was not one of Los
Angeles’ best-played games of the season, but it does improve the record to 10-3
going into Thursday night’s game against the 11-2 Chiefs for the division
lead.“Everyone wanted to talk about Pittsburgh and if it wasn’t Pittsburgh then
it was Kansas City. This team was dangerous and we got out of there with a win,”
Chargers coach Anthony Lynn said.The Chargers scored touchdowns on their first
two drives and then got four field goals from Michael Badgley ??including a
team-record 59-yarder ??to deal the Bengals (5-8) their fifth straight loss.“We
did enough to win. Shoot, they all count the same. We found a way to win, in a
different way,” said Philip Rivers, who was 19 of 29 for 220 yards and a
touchdown.The Chargers had 160 yards of offense on their first two drives
??which ended in a Keenan Allen 14-yard TD catch and 5-yard score by Austin
Ekeler ??but had 128 the remainder of the game. Three of the last eight drives
started at or inside the Chargers 7.Ekeler rushed for 66 yards on 15 carries
with Melvin Gordon missing his second straight game due to a knee injury. Allen
had five receptions for 78 yards and has a touchdown in five straight
games.“Sometimes you just have to play complementary football. Defensively we
stopped them when we needed to,” Lynn said. “Offensively we started out, but
then slowed down and kicked field goals the rest of the day.”Cincinnati had good
field position for most of the day with an average drive start of its 35. Joe
Mixon had 111 yards on 26 carries and a touchdown. Jeff Driskel, who was making
his second straight start since Andy Dalton‘s season-ending thumb injury, was 18
of 27 for 170 yards and a touchdown.“The decisions I made today didn’t work out.
We didn’t get to make the break. This or that decision put us in situations,
whether it’s fourth down and we’ve got to make the stop, the 2-point
(conversion) and so forth
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14-12 late in the first half on a pair of field goal by Bullock ??one came after
an apparent TD run by Driskel was overturned by replay ??and Driskel’s 5-yard TD
pass to John Ross (the 2-point attempt was no good). The Chargers, though, would
take a 17-12 lead when Badgley made his 59-yard field goal on the final play of
the first half.The Chargers led 23-15 late in the fourth quarter when Mixon
scored from a yard out. The 2-point attempt, which would have tied the game,
failed when Driskel was sacked by Darius Philon.BIG OVERTURNDriskel appeared to
score a touchdown with about five minutes remaining in the second quarter on a
1-yard scramble that would have brought the Bengals within four, but replay
overturned it saying he was short of the goal line.In the past, quarterbacks
were safe to go head-first and not be considered to be giving himself up, but
that was changed this season.“He dove forward to the goal line and as soon as
his knee hit the ground, he was ruled to have given himself up. The ball was
short of the goal line,” referee John Hussey said after the game.The overturn
meant the ball was spotted inches short of the goal line and brought up
fourth-and-goal. Bengals guard Alex Redmond was then called for a false start
and Cincinnati had to settle for a Bullock 23-yard field goal that cut the
Chargers’ margin to 14-6.BIG LEG BADGLEYBadgley, who had the winning field goal
last Sunday at Pittsburgh, now has the longest field goal in Chargers
history.The Chargers attempted a Hail Mary with a second remaining
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brought out Badgley, who said he was very confident about making it.“You got to
go out there with that kind of confidence. If you’re going out there thinking
you’re going to miss it you probably shouldn’t be kicking it,” said Badgley, who
is 14 of 15 on field goals since joining the Chargers last month. “But going out
there, it was a way for us to steal momentum from them at the end of the half,
go into the second half with more points. It was definitely good for us to get
those points at the end of the half.”The former team record was a 57-yarder by
Nate Kaeding at Tampa Bay on Dec. 21, 2008.UP NEXTBengals: Host Oakland next
Sunday before concluding the season with two straight road games.Chargers:
Travel to Kansas City on Thursday night in a matchup of two of the top teams in
the AFC.
