Over the past few weeks the Buffalo Bills have played with fire. At Cincinnati on Sunday, they got burned.
Mike Nugent kicked a 43-yard field goal as time expired to complete an improbable comeback as the Bengals erased a two touchdown halftime deficit to hand the Bills their first loss of the season, 23-20.
After coming back from 21 and 18 point deficits the previous two weeks, Buffalo played a strong first half and were seemingly in control against the Bengals, going into the locker room with a 17-3 lead. Bryan Scott returned an interception 43 yards for a touchdown and Fred Jackson scored on a run from a yard out.
The defense was dominant for Buffalo in the first half, but the last 30 minutes were a different story. After throwing two interceptions in the opening two quarters, rookie quarterback Andy Dalton was brilliant in the second half, throwing a 17-yard touchdown to Jermaine Gresham and running in another score from three yards out on a draw play.
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University of Tennessee quarterback Tyler Bray is already drawing comparisons to all-time UT great Peyton Manning. You wouldn’t get an argument from the Buffalo Bulls after Saturday’s 41-10 loss to the Volunteers at Neyland Stadium before 87,758 fans
Bray was on target for 342 yards and four touchdowns while completing 21-of-30 passes on the day. The 6-6 sophomore looked very Manning-esque as UT used their superior speed to make too many big plays in the passing game for the Bulls to keep it close. It was the tenth straight game that the sophomore has thrown for at least two touchdowns.
Bray was particularly effective on third down as the Vols were a sterling 12-of-16 on third down conversions in the game, while the Bulls converted just 3-of-13 opportunities
Trailing 14-0 in the second quarter, the Bulls got a huge momentum change when UB senior quarterback Chazz Anderson faked a handoff and raced 68 yards untouched to the end zone to cut the lead to 14-7 after the PAT. It was the longest run of his career and the longest touchdown run by a quarterback in UB’s Division I-A history.
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There’s no doubt about it: it’s good to be a Buffalo Bills fan right now. First place in the AFC East…an extremely likable roster of scrappy underdogs…an explosive, entertaining offense…finally beating those freaking Patriots. Who could ask for anything more?
I should be riding high right now, but I’m really not. The reason? I am terrified for today’sgame in Cincinnati against the Bengals.
That may seem silly. After all, there’s a mountain of reasons the Bills should win this game…but I’m scared about all of them:
1) The Bills haven’t lost to the Bengals since 1989. Really! Buffalo lost the AFC Championship game to Cincinnati 21-10 in January of 1989. Since then, the Bills have defeated the Bengals 10 straight times, including last season’s crazy 49-31 comeback win. Because the Bills finally ended their eight-year, 15-game skid against the Patriots last week, this is now the longest current winning streak of one team over another.
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