Cincinnati Bengals running back Joe Mixon gave his team its first lead of the 2023 season on Monday night with a 14-yard touchdown run.
The score only gave the Bengals a 13-9 advantage over the Los Angeles Rams in the third quarter — but it was a big deal for a team that entered the night 0-2 and had a tough go of it with Joe Burrow still playing on the hurt calf.
Buy Bengals TicketsWith the season on the line, fans were certainly loving the fact the team had finally earned its first lead in two 10 quarters of action.
Here’s a look at the play and fan reaction.
Mixon his way to the end zone.#LARvsCIN | 📺 ESPN pic.twitter.com/Agw6lT0W9p
— Cincinnati Bengals (@Bengals) September 26, 2023
JOE MIXON TOUCHDOWN!!!
BENGALS TAKE THE LEAD
— Cincinnati 💔 (@CincyProblems) September 26, 2023
Joe Mixon fantasy managers: pic.twitter.com/Avyc8zJESv
— ESPN Fantasy Sports (@ESPNFantasy) September 26, 2023
Joe Mixon managers watching him score his FIRST TD of the season in Week 3… pic.twitter.com/qY3JHrAVg8
— FantasyPros (@FantasyPros) September 26, 2023
Joe Mixon celebrated his first TD of the season with the fans 🙌 pic.twitter.com/N3AEm7RBs6
— NFL on ESPN (@ESPNNFL) September 26, 2023
I USED TO PRAY FOR TIMES LIKE THIS
— BengalsHead (@BengalsHead) September 26, 2023
CONTINUE TO RUN
— klx (@iklxz) September 26, 2023
THATS WHY WE RUN ZAC
— Dom “YRG” Robinson (@cantguarddom) September 26, 2023
First lead of the season for our Bengals 🙄. Me looking around like what's it mean when we have more points than the other team pic.twitter.com/wFs6jTAHTD
— EzzMoney (@xezzmoneyx) September 26, 2023
Mixon it up
— Scott Steineman (@scottsteineman) September 26, 2023
