Monday Night Football: Bengals beat Commanders 436 to 356
Jayden Daniels made his first real appearance in the NFL on Monday Night Football, which explains the reasoning behind why the Commanders drafted him second overall.
Former LSU signal caller Daniels outperformed last year’s com-parison Jerry Buras, Back in Baton Rouge, Daniels became the Heisman Trophy winner over Joe Burrow.
After passing for 254 yards and two TDs and rushing for another one, Daniels managed to guide ir Commanders to a memorable 38-33 win over Bengals.
The current tallies are: Bengals – 0W, 3L; Commanders – 2W, 1L. Since the 2000 season, only the Texans in 2018 have been able to start the season with 0-3 win-loss and still make the playoffs
Apart from a one play kneel down to end the first half and a one play kneel down to end the game, the Commanders scored on all six of their drives. They completed the comeback spurred on by a 12 play 70 drive that lasted 7 minutes and 32 seconds in the fourth quarter overcoming 4th down, two sacks and two penalties.
With 2:10 remaining, he caught a 12 yard pass from Daniels for a touchdown that gave the Commanders a 38-26 lead with Terry McLaurin. McLaurin finished with 4 catches and 100 yards.
With the score at:01 left and the Zach Moss run for a touchdown, the Bengals had a score, but it was Coran’s turn to fetch the onside kick.
During games, Daniels registered 11 carries for 40 yards and went 21-23 passing, which is about as good as it gets. Offensive tackle Trent Scott got his first-ever touch down in history, from a yard over the goal line.
Even with no team punting any attempts, the Bengals were able to gain 436 yards against the commanders who managed only 356, however, cincinnati’s drives only reached the 30, 9 and 13 in Washington. Cincy’s Evan McPherson connected from just 28 and 31 other kickers but uncharacteristically expec Thees.
Chase snatched five passes for 93 yards and helped score two touchdowns with the assistance of Burrow who managed to land 29 out of 38 scratches. In 12, Moss finished for 58 yards and one touched down while Chase Brown rushed for 62 yards from 7 attempts.
As said in the ESPN broadcast, this was the first game that finished without a single punt nor a turnover since the year 1940.
