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Dolphins vs. Bengals: Score and Twitter Reaction for Thursday Night Football
- Updated: September 30, 2016
It may be Week 4, but the Cincinnati Bengals entered Thursday night in dire need of a win following back-to-back losses against the Pittsburgh Steelers and Denver Broncos.
Fortunately for the defending AFC North champions, a matchup with the Miami Dolphins allowed them to bounce back with a 22-7 win at Paul Brown Stadium and move to 2-2 on the season.
The Dolphins, meanwhile, dropped to 1-3 and now occupy the AFC East cellar with a matchup against the Tennessee Titans looming on Oct. 9.
While it was hardly the prettiest display by the Bengals, they pressured Dolphins quarterback Ryan Tannehill all night long while wielding a far more efficient offense led by Andy Dalton and A.J. Green.
Dalton finished 22-of-31 passing for 296 yards and a touchdown, while Green operated as his go-to man all night with 10 catches for 173 yards and a touchdown.
But for all of the relative offensive success Cincinnati experienced, its defense fell victim to big plays for the third week in a row.
In search of a steady start following consecutive losses, the Bengals surrendered a 74-yard touchdown from Tannehill (15-of-25 passing, 189 yards, one touchdown and one interception) to Kenny Stills on the Dolphins’ second play of the game, as the NFL Network documented on Twitter:
Pump Fake + Dime = @ryantannehill1 TD!74-yard strike to @KSTiLLS. @dolphins take the early lead! #MIAvsCIN #TNF https://t.co/zPp3FX2QmK
— NFL Network (@nflnetwork) September 30, 2016
Following the Stills score, the Bengals have now allowed three touchdowns of least 40 yards in their last two games after surrendering the same amount all of last season, per the Cincinnati Enquirer’s Paul Dehner Jr.
However, falling behind early appeared to spark the Bengals.
Dalton homed in on Green several times during the team’s seven-play, 90-yard scoring drive that culminated with a …
