The Cincinnati Bengals will not be going away with out a combat.
Due to their 30-24 win over the Denver Broncos on Saturday, they hold their playoff hopes alive going into Week 18.
They didn’t make it straightforward on themselves, and it was virtually definitely not the way in which they drew it up, however Tee Higgins‘ three-yard landing catch in extra time was sufficient to get the Bengals the must-win sport.
Right here is the play that received it.
That catch capped off a monster sport for Higgins as he caught 11 passes for 131 yards and three touchdowns.
Earlier than this landing catch, he additionally made an unbelievable toe-tap catch down the sidelines to get the Bengals into place for the game-winning rating.
The ultimate two minutes of regulation and the extra time quarter had been an entire curler coaster stuffed with twists and turns,
The Bengals took the lead late within the fourth quarter with lower than two minutes to play on a Joe Burrow quarterback sneak. The Broncos responded with a miracle Bo Nix-to-Marvin Mims landing catch with eight seconds to play. The Bengals had an opportunity to win the sport earlier in extra time with a chip shot discipline objective, solely to have Cade York doink it off the upright. Then, with Denver solely needing to carry onto the ball for 2 minutes and accept a tie, the Broncos needed to punt the ball again to Cincinnati with two minutes to play and had been unable to get a cease.
The Bengals nonetheless face lengthy odds to make the playoffs, however they’re nonetheless in it.
Together with profitable their Week 18 sport on the Pittsburgh Steelers, Cincinnati additionally wants Denver to lose its Week 18 sport towards the Kansas Metropolis Chiefs (who don’t have anything to play for in that sport) whereas additionally needing each Miami and Indianapolis to every lose one in all their two remaining video games.
The chances will not be of their favor. It’s nonetheless doable. With the way in which Burrow, Ja’Marr Chase and Higgins are taking part in, no person within the AFC would need to see them get in.
