{"id":1030492,"date":"2026-08-29T07:24:23","date_gmt":"2026-08-29T07:24:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/1030492\/"},"modified":"2026-08-29T07:24:23","modified_gmt":"2026-08-29T07:24:23","slug":"game-recap-bengals-vs-eagles","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/1030492\/","title":{"rendered":"Game Recap: Bengals vs. Eagles"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Eagles lost 30-13 to the Bengals as Sean Clifford led Cincinnati to a high scoring second half. Carson Steele had another productive showing, leading the Eagles in receiving yards for a second-consecutive game.<\/p>\n<p><strong>First Quarter<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Kickoff at CIN 35 (15:00)<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>We are underway at Lincoln Financial Field as Evan McPherson kicks off to Erik Ezukanma who returns to the PHI 24.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>1st-and-10 at PHI 24 (14:52)<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Rookie Makai Lemon gets his first reception as an Eagle on the first play of the game. Tanner McKee found the rookie receiver short for three yards on an out route.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>2nd-and-10 at PHI 35 (13:32)<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Tanner McKee is sacked by Isaiah Foskey and former Eagle Antwaun Powell-Ryland for a nine yard loss.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>4th-and-19 at PHI 26 (12:44)<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Charlie Jones returns Braden Mann&#8217;s 53-yard punt nine yards to the CIN 29 as the Eagles offense fails to recover from the sack.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>3rd-and-2 at CIN 32 (10:57)<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The Bengals convert on third down. Josh Johnson finds Dohnte Meyers on a slant downfield for nine yards. Tackled by Kapena Gushiken.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>1st-and-10 at the PHI 42 (9:28)<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Josh Johnson hits Dohnte Meyers for a 3rd-time in a row on a crossing route near midfield. Meyers is pushed out of bounds for a 25 yard gain at the PHI 17 by Mac McWilliams.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>4th-and-4 at PHI 11 (7:30)<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Bengals score the first points of the game courtesy of a 29-yard field goal by Evan McPherson after the Eagles defense held in the red zone. (Eagles 0 &#8211; Bengals 3).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Ezukanma kneels Evan McPherson&#8217;s kickoff five yards deep into the end zone. The Eagles offense will start at the PHI 35.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>4th-and-11 at PHI 34 (6:42)<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Tanner McKee and the Eagles offense goes three-and-out. Braden Mann punts 60 yards to Charlie Jones. Rookie safety Kapena Gushiken makes a diving tackle to prevent Jones from turning the corner left at the PHI 14. A holding holding penalty on PJ Jules pushes the Bengals back to the CIN 3.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>2nd-and-8 at CIN 5 (5:52)<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Josh Johnson finds rookie Colbie Young for nine yards on an out route to the right sideline. First down.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>1st-and-16 at CIN 8 (5:04)<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Tahj Brooks erases a holding penalty on the previous play with a 10-yard rush right to CIN 18.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>2nd-and-7 at CIN 27 (3:09)<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Josh Johnson finds Mitch Tinsley deep down the right sideline for 31 yards to the PHI 42. Shaun Wade punches the ball out for a fumble but it goes out of bounds.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>2nd-and-10 at PHI 42 (2:12)<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Smael Mondon Jr. sniffs out a screen pass, tackles Tahj Brooks in the backfield for a loss of six yards.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>4th-and-16 at PHI 40 (1:23)<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Evan McPherson converts a 58-yard field goal attempt. (Eagles 0 &#8211; Bengals 6).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Evan McPherson kicks off to the five yard line, caught by Erik Ezukanma who returns 21 yards to the PHI 26.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>1st-and-10 at PHI 26 (1:10)<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Dameon Pierce powers forward through contact right for a 16-yard run, finally brought down by Bengals rookie Tacario Davis at the PHI 42.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Eagles lost 30-13 to the Bengals as Sean Clifford led Cincinnati to a high scoring second half.&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":1030493,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[5132],"tags":[5229,78274,408590,29333,44890,1232,1448,2830,1311,1105,67,586,132,5230,68,2969],"class_list":["post-1030492","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-philadelphia","tag-america","tag-gameday","tag-go-birds","tag-jalen-hurts","tag-jeffrey-lurie","tag-nfl","tag-pa","tag-pennsylvania","tag-philadelphia","tag-philadelphia-eagles","tag-united-states","tag-united-states-of-america","tag-unitedstates","tag-unitedstatesofamerica","tag-us","tag-usa"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/117177605538711578","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1030492","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1030492"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1030492\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1030493"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1030492"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1030492"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1030492"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}