Voltage up to the end seconds: Bengals exit their play-off

When the Cincinnati Bengals won a play-off game for the last time, Joe Burrow was not yet in this world — and many of his teammates are not. 31 years after a 41:14 over the already no longer existing Houston Oilers, the 25-year-old Burrow has actually led the chronically unsuccessful franchise to a success.

• Bengals control, Raiders remain
• Pratt fits on the crucial moment

The congenial connection between Burrow and JA'Mary Chase, which had led to one of the most successful college seasons of all times at Louisiana State University in 2019, impressively showed the two in their first play-off game. Again and again, the young quarterback sought his even younger passport receiver.

Bengals control, Raiders remain

In the end zone, he then threatened other members of his abundantly populated arms pain: the first touchdown of the game he fired to Tight End C.J. Woman, the second then with a spectacular roll-out pass on receiver Tyler Boyd. However, this score had probably not allowed counting, as a referee had repeated during the turn, the referee had falsely seen Burrow in the side.

Burrow also received support of his defense, which forced a fumble by Raiders quarterback Derek Carr and otherwise often pressed it under pressure. Thus, the Bengals controlled the first half clear, but Carried shortly before halftime with a touchdown pass to Day Jones and kept the Raiders in his first play-off game in stroke distance — for a break, the Bengals led with 20:13.

Pratt fits on the crucial moment

In the second half, the Raiders then succeeded in putting Burrow under pressure — even if this was always the outstanding chase (9 catches, 116 yards) found. Because the Raiders in the Red Zone did not have a penetration force, the teams exchanged until deep into the final phase only Field Goals.

Two minutes before the end, Carr and the Raiders got back with seven points but actually once again the chance of a balancing drive. The quarterback led his team to the 9-yard line, had an attempt left for 17 seconds before the end — but the Bengals-Linebacker Jermaine Pratt at the Goal Line finally stopped and finally finished the Cincinnati's dryer. The Bengals will meet again for the first weekend since 1991 in the Divisional Round.