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    Bengals vs. Giants score: Cincinnati wins ugly 17-7 defensive slugfest at the Meadowlands on Sunday Night Football

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    Cincinnati Bengals quarterback Joe Burrow scores a touchdown as New York Giants safety Jason Pinnock (27) and linebacker Isaiah Simmons (19) are in action during the first half of an NFL football game against the New York Giants, Sunday, Oct. 13. 2024, in East Rutherford, NJ (AP Photo/Frank Franklin II)

    Bengals quarterback Joe Burrow scores a touchdown as safety Jason Pinnock and linebacker Isaiah Simmons look on. (AP Photo/Frank Franklin II)

    The Cincinnati Bengals aren’t asking for style points. None were given on Sunday evening.

    The jokes about the Bengals never showing up in September aren’t so funny anymore because it’s mid-October and they still seem stuck in the mud. At least they got an ugly victory. The defense made enough plays to support an offense that was surprisingly underpowered, and they earned a 17-7 victory over the New York Giants.

    If you want to be optimistic, it was a good sign for the Bengals that their struggling defense played by far its best game of the season and led to a win. Assuming the offense plays much better than it did Sunday night, perhaps that’s a sign the Bengals can still be a factor in the AFC playoff picture. They haven’t looked like that team much this season.

    The Bengals got a touchdown run from Joe Burrow and not much else before running back Chase Brown iced the game with a 30-yard TD run with 1:58 left. Cincinnati, while w 1-4 entering Week 6, is desperate for wins and Sunday night’s win drops the mark to 2-4 on the season. But anyone who’s been watching knows the Bengals appear no closer to coming out of their early-season slump.

    There have been some exciting games in prime time this NFL season. Sunday night was not one of them.

    Both teams struggled to execute. Daniel Jones threw a terrible interception when pressured, and missed several other throws. The Bengals offense wasn’t much better, but Cincinnati found at least one unexpected highlight. Burrow, who had never run longer than 23 yards in his first 57 NFL games, took off on a third-and-18 and kept running because there were no Giants around him. He scored on a stunning 47-yard touchdown. It was a nice play for Burrow, but also a red flag because the Giants let Burrow break a point.

    One sequence summed up the game quite well. The Giants gained 8 yards on a third-and-10, but were assessed an illegal formation penalty. The Bengals likely made a mistake in calling the penalty because the Giants went for it on fourth-and-2 instead of third-and-15. But the Giants were so poor on offense that they couldn’t convert, as Jones’ pass was incomplete and incomplete.

    Eventually the Giants broke through. The Bengals then fumbled but failed on fourth down and the Giants hit a few plays, including a defensive pass interference down to the 1-yard line. Tyrone Tracy Jr. scored after a point and the game was tied.

    The Giants had played pretty poorly up to that point. Yet they remained connected deep into the third quarter.

    The Bengals appeared to have taken a lead on a Brown touchdown run, but it was called back due to a holding penalty. Naturally. The Bengals then took a 10-7 lead on a field goal. The Giants tried to answer back, but missed a field goal. Naturally.

    Both teams needed a win. The Giants came into the game 2-3 and the Bengals were 1-4. And it was there for the taking, but neither team seemed too excited to grab it.

    The Giants had another shot late in the fourth quarter to tie the score again. They entered the territory of Bengal. But the Giants didn’t trust the special teams to attempt a field goal from about 54 yards after the previous miss, so they went for it on fourth-and-3. Jones’ pass was deflected and incomplete, just like on fourth down in the third quarter.

    The Bengals needed one big play to put the Giants aside, and Burrow got it. On third-and-12, rolling to his left, he hit Andrei Iosivas for 29 yards. Another moment after that was fitting, given the way each team played. Brown broke off a nice run on the first down, but fumbled. The Giants had a chance to recover and have one more shot at a win. But the ball squirted through and went out of bounds. You can’t keep giving an opponent so many chances, and eventually Brown broke off a 30-yard touchdown run with 1:52 left to end any drama. The Giants then got into position for a field goal, hoping to recover an onside kick, but again they missed the field goal wide left.

    It was sloppy on both sides. At least the Bengals waded through the doldrums to come out the other side with a win. Maybe they’ll soon look more like the Super Bowl contender we expected this season. It hasn’t happened yet.

    Live40 updates

    • Bengals win ugly, 17-7 defensive slugfest

    • Giants move the ball into Bengals territory with less than a minute to play

      Greg Joseph missed a 45-yard field goal with 55 seconds left as the Giants tried to cut the game to just one possession, and Cincinnati will kneel it down for the

    • Chase Brown almost puts the game on ice for the Bengals

      the 30-yard rush came with just under two minutes remaining, giving the Bengals a two-score lead.

    • Burrow gains time to finish first with two minutes to go

      On a third-and-12, Burrow scrambled to his right and found Andrei Iosivas for the big conversion.

    • Giants are still a fourth down and fall short after making their last three

      DJ Turner breaks up the pass and the Giants turn it over on downs with three minutes left. The Bengals lead 10-7 and can seal the deal with a pair of first downs.

    • Big scoop for Tyrone Tracy

      A huge third down from Tyrone Tracy has put the Giants in Bengals territory once again. In the second half, the Giants have had some success running the ball and running the ball down the field.

    • Joe Burrow enters the blue tent

      Burrow was hit by Brian Burns to force a third-down incompletion and a Bengals punt, but all eyes will be on Burrow and whether he can return to the game. Here’s the play that sent Burrow to the tent.

    • Greg Joseph misses from 47 meters

      Giants come up empty after another slog, methodical including a fourth down conversion. Cincinnati still leads 10-7 in a game highlighted by excellent play from both defensive lines.

    • Facing yet another fourth-and-short player, the Giants rolled the dice again and picked it up

      This time it was 6-foot-1 Daniel Jones who took it on a QB sneak to the 45-yard line in Bengal territory.

    • Giants open the drive with a 14-yard pass to Johnson

      Daniel Jones hit his tight end Theo Johnson to open the series with the first down on a play action pass. That was the last play of the third quarter and the Giants trailed 10-7.

    • Dexter Lawrence gets Burrow to the ground for fourth down

      Evan McPherson gives Cincinnati a three-point lead at 10-7 after Lawrence recorded his seventh sack of the season and fourth of the night for the Giants

    • Burrow to Chase, and this one is just special

      When you play together as long as these two have, these things just happen.

    • Tyrone Tracy finishes the drive for the Giants

      16 plays, 79 yards and two fourth down conversions on the way to the end zone, and the Giants score an offensive touchdown for the first time in 2024 at MetLife Stadium.

    • Pass Interference against Cincinnati causes the ball to end up on the 1-yard line

      Darius Slayton made the mistake and the Giants are in business

    • Giants go into a fourth down and convert

      Tyrone Tracy bounced it outside, and his secondary burst put the Giants in field goal range first.

    • Giants get first down on another fourth down attempt

      The Giants use an old freeze option, from a college playbook, to give themselves some breathing room with a second first on the drive.

    • Zach Moss coughs it up, Giants recover

      Azeez Ojulari again! This time he forced a fumble with the crown of his helmet, and Cincinnati’s first turnover of the game couldn’t have come at a better time for the Giants.

    • Giants open 3rd quarter with declining sales

      An inaccurate throw from Daniel Jones that Darius Slayton couldn’t dig off the turf, a short loss on a Tyrone Tracy Jr. run, a short completion from Theo Johnson and the breakup of Mike Hilton’s pass. An extremely rough sequence for the Giants and Cincy takes over at the 38 yard line in plus territory.

    • Halftime: Bengals 7, Giants 0

      The two defenses dominated the game. Aside from Joe Burrow’s big run, neither offense has accomplished much. Burrow and Jones are still their teams’ leading rushers, and neither has been spectacular throwing the football. Burrow is 9 of 15 for 87 yards and Jones is 8 of 16 for 81 yards.

      The Giants sacked Burrow three times and the Bengals picked off Jones once, and a pressure forced the game’s only turnover.

      Both offenses will need to make some adjustments to get the ball moving, but both teams should be pleased with their defensive efforts.

      Also, special teams can play a role in a low-scoring game, and Giants punter Ihmir Smith-Marsette left the game with a foot injury and is questionable to return.

    • Ojulari again!

      The Giants now have three sacks in the game after leading the league in that category in Week 6.

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