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quarterback Andy Dalton has been directing traffic for the Bengals and
is trying to lead the team into the post season.
Cincinnati Bengals
Bengals: A team
on the rise
After Sunday's 20-13 win, the Bengals felt as if they had won a big AFC
North game on the road. The offensive line had just provided a third
consecutive 100-yard rushing day by the same back for the first time in
13 years, while the defensive line helped keep a team out of the end
zone for the second time in three games.
"This is a win by a team that is rising," head coach Marvin Lewis said.
"We’re good as a team. We’re not really good singularly. We play well
together. That’s what I keep telling them. We’re not very good by
ourselves. We have one really good player by himself (A.J. Green) and
everybody else just has to keep playing together. With that we can play
pretty good football. Eleven guys, that’s what it takes.”
Lewis was particularly pleased by the second half in which the Bengals
overcame several bad moments to score 10 points in the last 4:11.
“I think we are a far better football team than we were last year when
we finished the season. That’s key. We have to go prove that we’re
better equipped to finish out this last quarter of the season. That’s
where we are now," Lewis said. "We put ourselves back in position. We
were able to overcome October, which was hard. We’ve done this by
playing one snap at a time. We can’t lose sight of that. We can’t worry
about the big picture. We’ve done a nice job of focusing on the little
things.”
First on Lewis's list was quarterback Andy Dalton, who overcame two
interceptions and a 65.2 passer rating to post the fifth fourth-quarter
comeback of his career and his first since Nov. 29 of last year. He
scored the winning touchdown on a six-yard scramble up the middle on
second down.
"We called a screen and I couldn't find anybody open," Dalton said. "I
saw an alley and just took it…
Read the rest of the article at The Bleacher Report
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