Tucker acquired some motion on the following drive and ripped off beneficial properties of 9 and 6 yards on his first two carries to maneuver the chains. Three performs later, on third-and-four, Trask heaved a cross over incoming strain and WR Rakim Jarrett tracked it down, diving for a achieve of 28 to the Bengals’ 37. A holding penalty erased most of one other sturdy run by Tucker that might have moved the sticks once more, and the officers threw a cross for pointless roughness however elected to choose it up, making it third-and-13. The Bucs ran Tucker yet one more time then introduced in Okay Chase McLaughlin to strive a 51-yard discipline objective. McLaughlin, who’s 24 of 29 within the common season from 50 and past, bounced it off the proper upright.
The Bengals inherited the ball on the Bucs’ 41 after the miss and Browning instantly tried to go deep to WR Kwame Lassiter. Nonetheless, Isaac matched him step for step and hauled within the cross for an interception on the Bucs’ 15 with rather less than three minutes left within the first half. A six-yard run by Tucker and consecutive catches by TE Payne Durham added as much as 27 extra to the Bucs’ 48, bringing on the two-minute warning. The drive instantly stalled after the break, with two makes an attempt to Culp falling incomplete and Trask absorbing a sack on third down again on the Bucs’ 38.
The Bengals had 94 seconds to work with once they began up at their very own 26 after the Bucs’ punt, and Browning accomplished two fast passes to get it to the 43. Hudson moved the chains on a third-and-four with a seven-yard catch that acquired the ball to midfield. Cincinnati then confronted a fourth-and-seven on the 47 with the clock stopped at 13 seconds left and went for it. Hudson caught a cross falling to the turf on the 40 and the Bengals used their final timeout with 5 seconds to go, giving Evan McPherson an opportunity to strive a 58-yard discipline objective. McPherson pushed it large proper and the groups went into halftime tied at 7-7.
With Wolford now underneath heart, the Bucs acquired the ball at their 30 after a touchback and Tucker acquired a complete of six yards on a run and a catch. Wolford then transformed the third down with a 12-yard completion to Miller. After his subsequent two carries gained a complete of eight yards, Tucker acquired it once more on third-and-two and located a large lane to run by means of up the center, breaking into the second degree for a achieve of 26 right down to the Bengals’ 18. A sack put the Bucs right into a third-and-12 moments later and a carry by rookie RB D.J. Williams acquired simply three, setting McLaughlin up for a 35-yard discipline objective strive. McLaughlin nailed it to provide the Bucs’ their first lead of the night time.
A holding penalty on the following kickoff compelled Cincinnati to begin at their very own 16, and one other holding penalty moments later erased an extended third-down conversion, making it third-and-16 on the 10. The Bengals ended up punting out of their very own finish zone and the Bucs acquired the ball again at their very own 43 on the halfway level of the third quarter.
The drive went backward in the beginning, with DT Travis Bell sacking Wolford for a lack of six on the primary play. The Bucs could not get better and ended up punting it again three performs later. The ball bounced into the top zone for a touchback. Tampa Bay’s protection countered with one other three-and-out of its personal and acquired the ball once more at their very own 27.
The primary three performs resulted in a fourth-and-one on the 36 and the Bucs elected to go for it, certainly wanting some follow within the scenario for the common season. Because it turned out, they did not should run a play as Bell jumped into the impartial zone, gifting the Bucs 5 yards and a primary down. Two Williams runs made it third-and-one proper on the 50-yard line because the third quarter got here to an finish. After the simplest potential switching of sides, Williams acquired the handoff headed up the intestine however was hit by a number of Bengals earlier than he even acquired to the road of scrimmage. The Bucs as soon as once more lined as much as go for it on fourth-and-one, and this time they did it on their very own with a play-action rollout cross to TE Ko Kieft that gained 11. One other rollout cross, this one to the left, noticed Wolford hit WR Cody Thompson on the run for a achieve of 12 to the Bengals’ 30. The rollout spree continued on the subsequent snap as Wolford faked a handoff, spun proper and related with WR Raleigh Webb for 11 extra to the 11. After one other rollout that changed into a scramble, the Bucs confronted third-and-two on the three and Wolford’s cross to WR Tanner Knue in the long run zone fell incomplete. The Bucs went for it on fourth-and-goal however Wolford’s cross was damaged up.
That gave the ball again to Cincinnati inside its 5 with 11 minutes to play, with a false begin shifting the ball again to the 2. Logan Woodside got here in at quarterback and gave the Bengals some respiratory room with a fast cross out left to rookie WR Jermaine Burton on the eight. A play-action rollout cross to Tanner McLachlan freed the tight finish into open house and he rumbled for twenty-four yards. The Bucs acquired Cincinnati right into a third-and-one moments later and Woodside’s cross to Lassiter was too tall, resulting in a punt that bounced into the top zone.
The Bucs acquired one first down after the touchback on a run and catch by Williams that totaled 11 yards. Nonetheless, WR Cephus Johnson stumbled and fell on a vertical third-down route and Wolford’s cross fell incomplete, main to a different punt. Cincinnati acquired the ball again at their 32 with six minutes to play.
One other holding penalty compelled by a Ramirez rush backed the Bengals up 10 yards, however Woodside’s cross to RB Elijah Collins was good for 21 yards out to the Bucs’ 45. Two performs later, Burton ran an out-and-up and acquired behind the protection, catching a 37-yard landing cross to provide Cincinnati the 14-10 lead.
The Bucs responded with the game-winning drive, keyed by a pair of catches by Knue for a complete of 29 yards and Jefferson’s scramble for 18 yards on a brief cross right down to the 15. The Bucs had been saved on an unsuccessful fourth-down play by a pass-interference name, establishing Jefferson’s landing on the subsequent play.