Jacksonville two-way rookie Travis Hunter<\/a> on a fourth-down play at the Bengals 33. The call moved the ball to the Jaguars 42 with 1:49 remaining.<\/p>\n\u201cI had thrown three picks, and somehow we had a chance to win the game,\u201d said Browning, who completed 21 of 32 passes for 241 yards. \u201cI can\u2019t be afraid of the fourth in that situation. The defense did a good job forcing a turnover on downs, so I had to be delusional and aggressive because the moment called for it.\u201d<\/p>\n
On the sneak, Karras and Browning said they knew the Jaguars were trying to go low, which created the opportunity for him to lunge over the goal line.<\/p>\n
Burrow was 7 of 13 for 76 yards and a touchdown before the injury. The sixth-year quarterback left after he was sacked by Arik Armstead with 9:02 remaining in the second quarter. It was the Jaguars\u2019 second sack of Burrow.<\/p>\n
\u201cYou think you\u2019re on the sideline, then you\u2019re thrown in. That creates an emotional jump. You try to ride that wave and operate,\u201d Browning said.<\/p>\n
The Bengals trailed 17-10 at halftime.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe found ourselves in an offensive nightmare. I credit everyone for digging ourselves out and not just folding in because that could have easily happened,\u201d Karras said.<\/p>\n
Browning\u2019s best throw was a 42-yard touchdown to Tee Higgins in the fourth quarter that made it 24-24. On third-and-5, Higgins got separation from Tyson Campbell and caught the ball at the Jacksonville 16. Campbell and teammate Andrew Wingard ran into each other at the 11, allowing Higgins to waltz into the end zone.<\/p>\n
The Jaguars converted only one of their three interceptions into a touchdown.<\/p>\n
First-year coach Liam Coen said of his late fourth-down decision: \u201cThat\u2019s 100 percent a \u2018Go.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n
Trevor Lawrence completed 25 of 43 passes for 294 yards with three touchdowns and two interceptions for the Jaguars (1-1).<\/p>\n
\u201cI think overall, we showed we can make plays. Just the consistency piece is lacking at times. Not shooting ourselves in the foot. That\u2019s still showing up. It\u2019s something we have to correct,\u201d Lawrence said.<\/p>\n
Bouncing back<\/p>\n
Ja\u2019Marr Chase, who had only two catches for 26 yards in last week\u2019s opener at Cleveland, had 14 receptions for 165 yards. The fifth-year Bengals wide receiver, who reached 400 career receptions during the first quarter, hauled in his first touchdown of the season on a 4-yard quick slant in the first quarter.<\/p>\n
Chase said Browning\u2019s first interception was his fault after he cut the route short.<\/p>\n
Up and down<\/p>\n
It was a roller-coaster start for Lawrence, who alternated TD passes and picks on the Jags\u2019 first four drives.<\/p>\n
Lawrence had TD passes to Dyami Brown and Brayshul Tuten on the Jaguars\u2019 first and third possessions. The 9-yard score by Brown marked the second straight week Jacksonville got points on its opening drive and Cincinnati allowed a touchdown.<\/p>\n
Travis Etienne rushed for 71 yards and had a 11-yard touchdown catch with 4:08 remaining in the third quarter to put Jacksonville up 24-17.<\/p>\n
\u201cI thought he was getting us in and out of the right things and made a lot of good throws,\u201d Coen said about Lawrence. \u201cWe can win with him playing like that and limiting the turnovers.\u201d<\/p>\n
Plenty of firsts<\/p>\n
The Bengals tied it at 17-all on the first drive of the second half when Mitchell Tinsley made a one-handed grab over cornerback Jarrian Jones in the right corner of the end zone for a 13-yard touchdown.<\/p>\n
Not only was it the first score of Tinsley\u2019s career, it was his first NFL catch.<\/p>\n
Up next<\/p>\n
Jaguars<\/strong>: Host AFC South rival Houston on Sunday.<\/p>\nBengals<\/strong>: At Minnesota on Sunday for the start of five straight games against teams that made the playoffs last season.<\/p>\nOriginally Published: September 14, 2025 at 4:38 PM EDT<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"By JOE REEDY CINCINNATI \u2014 Jake Browning and the Cincinnati Bengals turned a nightmarish first half \u2014 including…\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":227055,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5136],"tags":[5229,3188,723,7310,8017,1232,62,67,586,132,5230,68,2969],"class_list":{"0":"post-228159","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-jacksonville","8":"tag-america","9":"tag-fl","10":"tag-florida","11":"tag-jacksonville","12":"tag-jacksonville-jaguars","13":"tag-nfl","14":"tag-sports","15":"tag-united-states","16":"tag-united-states-of-america","17":"tag-unitedstates","18":"tag-unitedstatesofamerica","19":"tag-us","20":"tag-usa"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/115207117568966207","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/228159","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=228159"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/228159\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/227055"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=228159"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=228159"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=228159"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}