The Cincinnati Bengals fought back from a 27-6 deficit and nearly pulled off a miraculous comeback victory against the Los Angeles Chargers. On the final play of the game, Joe Burrow let out a Hail Mary for his receivers and Tee Higgins had it in his fingers before the ball was knocked away.

After the Bengals defense surrendered a late touchdown to JK Dobbins with 18 seconds left, the offense tried to pull off a miracle of its own, and they came incredibly close to doing so.

Burrow got a lot of wind on his Hail Mary attempt, but had to throw it before Higgins could get into the end zone. In a sea of ​​bodies in the end zone, Higgins could be seen jumping from around the one-yard line and getting both hands on the ball before Chargers DB Derwin James came in from behind and pried the ball loose.

It was an incredibly dramatic end to what was an incredibly dramatic second half, but ultimately Burrow and the Bengals find themselves on the wrong side of a one-score defeat for the sixth time this year. All but one of the seven defeats in 2024 have come by a margin of seven or fewer points.

James made the big play for the Chargers defense to signal the end of Sunday’s game, but Higgins will surely be kicking himself for not keeping that catch regardless of the difficulty.