2023-09-18 06:03:30
Super Bowl finalists two years ago, beaten in the conference final last season, the Cincinnati Bengals are off to a bad start in the new championship. Defeated by Cleveland last week, this time they lost at home against the Baltimore Ravens (27-24).
More bad news for Cincinnati: Joe Burrow, its prodigious quarterback, hurt his calf again. He was previously injured during training camp this summer. The severity of his injury is not yet known. A reason for hope, however: last year, the Bengals also lost their first two matches, but recovered superbly thereafter.
Reigning champions, the Kansas City Chiefs won against the Jacksonville Jaguars (17-9). It’s their first victory of the season. Kansas City also won with its two key players absent last week, tight end Travis Kelce (injured) and defensive tackle Chris Jones (conflict with management). The Chiefs, however, committed three turnovers. They escaped thanks to clumsy Jaguars in attack. The Buffalo Bills also scored their first success, crushing the Las Vegas Raiders (38-10).
Detroit beaten at home by Seattle
Impressive during the first weekend, the San Francisco 49ers and the Dallas Cowboys won again. The Californians beat the Los Angeles Rams (30-23), driven by Christian McCaffrey’s 116 yards rushing. Dallas dominated the New York Jets (30-10), now orphaned by Aaron Rodgers. Zach Wilson, his replacement, was intercepted three times.
After their great victory in Kansas City last week, the Detroit Lions lost at home against the Seattle Seahawks (37-31 ap). Trailing 21-31 with three minutes remaining, they equalized at the last second on a field goal. But Seattle secured the victory on a touchdown pass from Geno Smith to Tyler Lockett.
Atlanta and the NY Giants are catching up
Three teams squandered a big lead on Sunday. On the Atlanta Falcons’ field, the Green Bay Packers led 24-12 at the start of the last quarter. But a touchdown from quarterback Desmond Ridder and two field goals from South Korean Koo Younghoe gave Atlanta victory (25-24). In the third quarter, the score was 28-7 in favor of the Arizona Cardinals against the New York Giants. But, thanks to a field goal scored 19 seconds from the end, NY won (31-28).
Facing the Washington Commanders, the Denver Broncos led 21-3 in the first period, before being overtaken (24-35). Thanks to a 50-yard touchdown from Brandon Johnson at the last second (on a pass from quarterback Russell Wilson), Denver came back to 33-35. But then missed the two-point conversion, giving Washington the victory.
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