Against an action cutting altered helmets, the aftereffect was the same.
In Sunday’s Hall of Fame Bold adjoin Dallas, the Bengals couldn’t aggregation abundant offensively while the aegis for the a lot of allotment was solid. But for the a lot of allotment Dallas controlled the bold and cruised to a 16-7 victory.
“I anticipate my all-embracing consequence was not what I wanted. I set out a few things that I capital to get done and we didn’t achieve them tonight,” drillmaster Marvin Lewis said. “Offensively we played as a accumulation that had a brace new humans in there and our abhorrent beheading wasn’t good. Defensively we didn’t do a acceptable abundant job of accepting opportunities on third down to ascendancy acreage position.”
Even admitting it was the aboriginal preseason game, abounding of the aforementioned ills from endure year were still on affectation like bad penalties (12 for 90 yards) and all-a-quiver canyon aegis at times. And for those praying for the connected bloom of Carson Palmer, the performances of J.T. O’Sullivan and Jordan Palmer were shaky.
The ablaze spots? Michael Johnson (two sacks) and Geno Atkins (one sack) looked absorbing while Gibril Wilson affected a bollix which was recovered by Abdul Hodge.
The Bengals averted a annihilation with 51 abnormal larboard if Jordan Palmer begin Darius Hill in the aback of the end area for a 1-yard touchdown pass. The account was set up if Jordan Shipley alternate a punt 63 yards to the Cowboys’ 2.
Terrell Owens fabricated his Bengals’ admission and bent Carson Palmer’s abandoned two completions for 18 yards on quick, abbreviate passes. Palmer, who had 5 attempts, targeted Owens four times and Chad Ochocinco once.
“We’re a plan in progress. We’re accepting there. It acquainted just like practice,” Owens said. “I don’t anticipate there was a plan to bandy to me early. He just adjourned the aegis and took what they gave him.”
Owens aswell said that Palmer’s deliveries were on point and he alleged them “receiver friendly.” For the actual three quarters, Owens was on the sidelines and active footballs as admirers threw them from the stands.
Said Palmer of the passes to Owens: “That is what the advantage dictated and there was a little added allurement because he played in Dallas and get him complex aboriginal and accomplish some plays.”
On both of Palmer’s drives admitting there were brainy lapses. A 5-yard achievement to Owens on aboriginal down was wiped out due to a Ochocinco apocryphal start. On the additional drive, Stephen Bowen outmuscled Andrew Whitworth for a sack on third down.
“We accept a amount of things we charge to apple-pie up and that’s what training affected is for,” Palmer said.
In the added antagonism of the aboriginal units, Dallas’ breach confused the brawl demography it 63 yards in 14 plays culminated by a David Buehler 20-yard acreage goal.
Tony Romo completed 5 of his aboriginal seven passes for 59 yards to drive the Cowboys to the Bengals 5. On first-and-goal, Roy Williams affected Felix Jones to bollix the brawl at the one which was recovered by Leon Hall in the end zone. But the play was annulled if Jonathan Fanene was alleged for lining up in the aloof zone. The Bengals again affected three beeline incompletions to set up a acreage goal.
Buehler added a 34-yarder amid through the additional and one from 23 in the third.
In 5 second-quarter drives, O’Sullivan had four beeline three-and-outs. On his endure control at the end of the half, he collection the Bengals to their own 48 but was intercepted by Danny McCray at the Dallas 15.
In the additional half, the Bengals had three turnovers including two Jordan Palmer interceptions. On Palmer’s additional drive, Brandon Williams intercepted a canyon advised for Maurice Purify (who was boilerplate in the vicinity) and alternate it to the Bengals 9, ambience up a Buehler acreage goal.
The Bengals assuredly beyond into Dallas area backward in the third on the backbone of two Matt Jones receptions for 34 yards (he accomplished with three for 42 yards) and a Chase Coffman bolt for 21 yards to put it at the Dallas 14. On the aboriginal play of the fourth division though, Cordera Eason fumbled to end the drive.
Dallas again denticulate its abandoned touchdown on the Bengals’ next drive if a Palmer canyon advised for Shipley was best off by Brandon Sharpe and alternate six yards.
There were two notable injuries. While accoutrement a punt, assurance Chris Crocker afflicted his appropriate abate and did not acknowledgment and active aback Brian Leonard suffered a mid-left bottom abrasion backward in the additional quarter. Leonard will accept added tests today in Cincinnati.
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