Talk about a game with a split personality.
The Los Angeles Chargers downed the Cincinnati Bengals 34-27 on “Sunday Night Football,” earning an improbable victory in what was headed for a heartbreaking defeat.
The Chargers got the game-winning touchdown on a 29-yard run J.K. Dobbins with 18 seconds left.
JK DOBBINS. GO-AHEAD TD WITH 18 SECONDS LEFT.
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That ended a Bengals run of 21 straight points.
Yes, in the third quarter, Cincinnati trailed 27-6 only to score three touchdowns on Joe Burrow touchdown passes in eight minutes bridging the third and fourth quarters to tie the game.
The Bengals had opportunities to go ahead twice but Evan McPherson missed left with two field-goal attempts in the final quarter.
Another brutal loss for Cincinnati, which is 4-7 and finds ways to lose.
The Chargers, who won five games in 2023, are now 7-3 and two games behind the Kansas City Chiefs in the AFC West.
Burrow threw for 356 yards. Tee Higgins had nine catches for 148 yards and a touchdown for the Bengals.
Justin Herbert threw for 297 yards and had two touchdown passes for LA.
