By: A K Jimin
Cincinnati Bengals head coach Zac Taylor, quarterback Joe Burrow and select players comment on their game against the New England Patriots on Saturday, December 24, 2022.
by A K Jimin
Christmas Eve Bell Has Ringing Finish For Bengals; Steamy Joe Pulls Out His Coldest Game Ever
That’s what strong safety Vonn Bell called his forced fumble for the ages from his own five-yard line Saturday, his Christmas Eve gift with 65 seconds left that saved the Bengals’ 22-18 victory over the Patriots at tumultuous Gillette Stadium.
“Big play Vonn Bell. He’s coming out before the playoffs this year,” said cornerback Eli Apple of the guy who made the overtime interception in last year’s win in the AFC title game.
This time the Bengals were desperately trying to hold on for their seventh straight win, one that would keep them in first place in the AFC North by a game and keep them a game behind Buffalo and Kansas City for the No. 1 seed with two to play.
Patriots squander chances, hopes in ugly loss to Bengals
Six days after suffering one of the most humiliating, inexplicable, cringeworthy losses in NFL history, the Patriots literally fumbled away what would have been an inspirational, possibly season-changing comeback victory against Cincinnati. With a chance to win a game they’d once trailed 22-0, the Patriots’ Rhamondre Stevenson fumbled on the Cincinnati 8-yard line with barely a minute left … and the days of miracle Patriots comebacks seem very far away now.
Bengals DB calls out Mac Jones for ‘dirty play’
Cincinnati Bengals cornerback Eli Apple won’t be sending New England Patriots quarterback Mac Jones a Christmas card.C
Apple called out Jones for what he considered a “dirty play” during Saturday’s game at Gillette Stadium. Jones tripped Apple while Bengals linebacker Germaine Pratt returned what he thought was a fumble by Jones into the end zone. The play was blown dead, but Jones still inexplicably took Apple down by the legs away from the play.
