Joe Burrow threw three touchdown passes, while the Cincinnati defense intercepted Brock Purdy on consecutive passes in the second half and the Bengals they handed their third defeat in a row to the 49ersnow 31-17, while Cincy has awakened in the season, with its fourth victory in five games.
After getting off to a slow start on offense with a calf injury, Burrow came out of the bye week looking like before with the Bengals (4-3).
He managed to escape a sack attempt on a first-quarter touchdown drive, had two long runs and was accurate throughout the game throwing the ball against the 49ers’ (5-3) defense, considered elite in the league.
Burrow He completed 28 of 32 for 283 yards and rushed for 43 more against a defense of the Niners who have had unusual problems in recent weeks, for example, this afternoon they allowed 134 yards on the ground.
The problems that Brock Purdy did not have
Burrow helped Cincinnati to take control of the game early in the fourth quarter after Logan Wilson intercepted a Purdy pass. The Bengals They attacked on the next play when Burrow threw a 17-yard touchdown pass to Ja’Marr Chase to make the score 24-10.
Purdy had thrown an interception on the previous series in the red zone to Germaine Pratt, recording five interceptions in the last three games after failing to turn the ball over in his first five. All this has happened curiously, since Deebo Samuel injured his shoulder.
Purdywho played despite being in concussion protocol during the week, threw for 365 yards and had a touchdown pass to Christian McCaffrey on the march after his consecutive interceptions.
But Burrow responded with two long passes to Trenton Irwin y Chase and two first downs on the ground to set up Joe Mixon’s 5-yard run with 2:54 left for the Bengals.
And if that was not enough, Purdy lost a fumble on a sack against Trey Hendrickson to seal the defeat for the 49ers, who have been limited to 17 points or less in three consecutive games for the first time since the first season of Kyle Shanahan in 2017.
McCaffrey He also scored on a 2-yard run in the first quarter, giving him at least one touchdown in 17 consecutive games, including the playoffs. That tied the record for the NFL established by Lenny Moore in 1963-64.
With information from LAPRESSE
2023-10-29 23:57:13
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