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Zac Taylor goes for two: We came here to win
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Zac Taylor goes for two: We came here to win

Bengals coach Zac Taylor isn’t second-guessing his decision to go for two in the final minute of Thursday night’s 35-34 loss to the Ravens.

“I came here to win. I came here to win,” Taylor said when asked why he decided to go for the failed two-point conversion.

When the Bengals initially lined up for the two-point conversion, Joe Burrow called some signals but ultimately called a timeout before the play clock expired. Taylor said the Bengals were just trying to get an open yard by drawing the Ravens offside and knew they would call the timeout.

The Bengals have now lost two heartbreakers to the Ravens, by one point on Thursday night and in overtime in week five. Taylor acknowledged how difficult it is to lose twice like that to a division rival.

“It’s sickening that this has happened to us twice,” Taylor said. ‘We have to find a way to close these games. . . . We just have to figure out a way to make that last play to win the game.”

The loss dropped the Bengals to 4-6 on the season, and Taylor said that doesn’t reflect what kind of team he has.

“We have a good football team,” Taylor said. “That is not yet apparent from our file.”