Burrows TD pass to Higgins lifts Bengals over Titans 20-16

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NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) The Cincinnati Bengals have a knack for beating the Tenne see Titans at their own game by playing more physically and forcing the opponent into mistakes at the wrong time. They did it again Sunday. Joe Burrow with 13:42 left to put Cincinnati ahead to stay, and the Bengals held off the Tenne see Titans 20-16 on Sunday for their third straight victory and fifth in six games.This is the kind of game that great teams win, Burrow said. Its not always going to be pretty. This is the NFL. Youre playing really, really good teams on the opposing end. Youve got to find ways to win, and were starting to do that. The defending AFC champion Bengals (7-4) won the over Tenne see despite not having running back Joe Mixon because he hadnt cleared the concu sion protocol. Also, receiver JaMarr Chase, the reigning AP NFL Offensive Rookie of the Year, mi sed a fourth straight game with a hip injury.Cincinnati has won three straight over Tenne see and five of six. Burrow, by the Titans, went down only once. Burrow threw for 270 yards, and Higgins finished with 114 yards on seven catches as the Bengals moved Leki Fotu Jersey into a first-place tie with Baltimore in the AFC North.We wouldnt trade our quarterback for anybody on the planet and so were glad to have him, Cincinnati coach Zac Taylor said.Evan McPherson kicked a pair of field goals for the Bengals. He connected on a third with 1:53 left, but Titans lineman Kevin Strong was flagged for unnece sary roughne s after landing on the long snapper. That nullified the kick but allowed the Bengals to run out the clock.Titans two-time All-Pro Kevin Byard said it looked like two teammates hit the snapper. Strong said he was totally shocked to learn he was flagged, knowing defenders can't line up on the snapper or hit him in the head.Once he hikes the ball and has his head up, you can come through, Strong said. I was just trying to get in the A gap. I wasnt intentionally trying to hit him in the head. I made a mistake, and I take that one and put it on me. I just have to do better for my team.The Titans (7-4) equaled their most points allowed since a Week 2 lo s at Buffalo as their two-game winning streak ended. This was just the second time since that lo s that Tenne see gave up more than 17, matching the 20 points allowed in an overtime lo s at Kansas City. Cincinnati smothered NFL rushing leader Derrick Henry yet again, holding him to 38 yards, his second-lowest total of the season. Tenne see tried to rally by throwing to Henry, and he had a career-best 79 yards receiving.We just couldnt get nothing started in the NFL Arizona Cardinals Jersey run game, and I mean they executed, Henry said. They played better than we did.Taylor credited the Bengals with executing coordinator Lou Anarumo's plan perfectly.They put pre sure on him the entire game, Taylor said of Henry. They hit the quarterback, and they made play after play to win us back the field position there in the second half and allow us to go win it.Ryan Tannehill threw for 291 Justin Pugh Jersey yards, but the Titans couldn't score a touchdown in three trips to the red zone. They settled for three field goals in four tries by rookie Caleb Shudak, who made his first NFL start in place of veteran Randy Bullock. Shudak mi sed a 35-yarder to the right just before halftime.The Titans played their second straight game without center Ben Jones, a lo s that showed as they were flagged twice for false starts on their opening drive. Bengals running back Samaje Perine scored on a that tied it at 10 with 1:55 left in the first half. McPherson, who won the playoff game in January at Tenne see with a field goal as time expired, tied it up with a 47-yarder early in the second quarter. His 38-yarder gave Cincinnati its first lead, 13-10, late in the third.Tenne see scored its only TD with a bit of luck. Tannehill to sed a short pa s to Henry, who ran 69 yards before Cam Taylor-Britt poked the ball out at the Bengals 6. in the end zone for his first career touchdown and a 10-3 lead.INJURIESBengals right tackle Lael Collins went down late in the third quarter but returned later in the same drive.Titans linebacker David Long Jr. went to the medical tent but returned a couple plays later. Tannehill came up gimpy after one play late and said he tweaked the right ankle that cost him two games earlier this season.UP NEXTCincinnati starts a two-game homestand next Sunday when it hosts Kansas City. The Titans visit Philadelphia next Sunday.___AP NFL: hub/nfl and AP_NFL in this topic
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