GAME-CHANGER
The Bengals had a fourth-and-five from their own 33 with 1:54 left and trailing, 27-24. Browning switched the route for wide receiver Andrei Iosivas, split wide right on Hunter. Hunter was flipping over from wide receiver all day and making his first extended stand on NFL defense.
Iosivas beat Hunter off the line, Hunter didn’t turn his head around down the right sideline, and he was called for a 25-yard pass interference penalty that gave the Bengals life at the Jags 42.
“I knew that he would back up. I beat him off the line,” Iosivas said. “I had it over the top. I thought (Browning) was going to throw it way out there. It might have worked out in our favor. It stopped the clock. I would have scored too quickly.”
PLAY OF THE DAY
No one put more air back in the building than Bengals WR Mitchell Tinsley when he picked the opening drive of the second half to tie the game at 17 with his first NFL catch. Not only his first NFL catch, but his first touchdown catch. Not only his first touchdown catch, but a marvelous acrobatic one-hander fending off cornerback Jarrian Jones in the right corner four minutes into the second half.
“They believe in me. We’ve done it before,” said Tinsley, a Bengals training camp standout after barely playing in Washington during the two previous years that were his first two seasons in the league. “It’s kind of crazy how that worked out. I could have made that catch way easier. To me, this is a beginning. One-handed is great, but I’ve got to get better.”
Browning saw it like this: “If you’re wearing a Bengals’ uniform and you’re suited up Sunday and you’re one-on-one, I’m giving you a chance.”
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