Cincinnati’s protection obtained the final giggle after they had been disrespected earlier than a comeback win over the Tampa Bay Buccaneers.
On an episode of his ‘Let’s Go!’ podcast, Tampa QB Tom Brady gave a somewhat dissmissive and backhanded remark concerning the Bengals protection forward of their recreation earlier Sunday.
‘Nice group, nice younger quarterback,’ Brady mentioned earlier than including that Cincinnati’s protection was ‘pretty robust.’
The Bengals responded to Tom Brady’s slights by forcing the quarterback to fumble twice
Nicely, that ‘pretty robust’ protection compelled Brady to show the ball over 4 instances – by means of two interceptions and two fumbles – which allowed QB Joe Burrow and the Bengals offense to mount an enormous comeback to win 34-23.
After beginning down 17-0, the Bengals put up 34 unanswered factors to seal a victory over Tampa Bay.
Three of these turnovers resulted in touchdowns – with the fourth ending in a punt – and so they all got here on 4 consecutive drives within the second half.
The Bengals swiped two interceptions along with the fumbles for a 4 turnover night
The Bengals used these feedback as a chip on their shoulders to inspire them to return again on this recreation – with CB Eli Apple and DL BJ Hill repeating the feedback.
As they got here off the sphere, Apple was heard yelling, ‘Hey, the long run is now outdated man,’ and Hill telling the digicam ‘Hey, we’re pretty robust on protection – keep in mind that.’
‘We gotta preserve that outdated man faucet dancing, man,’ Apple informed reporters after the sport. When a reporter mentioned that Brady was ‘fairly good’ within the first half, Apple replied, ‘He was pretty okay, however not adequate to win.’
Hill had related factors to make, telling reporters that they did not want to seek out any motivation. ‘We simply knew we had been a reasonably robust protection, I imply, that is how we performed within the first half not gonna deceive ya, however we simply got here out within the second half and performed our tails off.’
On the offensive aspect of the ball, Cincinnati grabbed solely 237 yards, however they spend a lot of the second half within the Tampa Bay half of the sphere.
That could not be extra evident than within the remaining stat strains of the Bengals offense. Burrow accomplished 70 p.c of his passes for 4 touchdowns and an interception, however might solely get 200 yards on the brief area.
Cincinnati will take their 10-4 document on the street to play New England on Christmas Eve subsequent week.
