New England Patriots: Studs and duds vs. Bengals in Week 15
With the New England Patriots defeating the Cincinnati Bengals in Week 15, here are three studs and duds from the Patriots in the bounce-back win.
The New England Patriots were able to bounce back in a big way on Sunday afternoon on the road against the Cincinnati Bengals. The defending Super Bowl champions entered the Week 15 contest away from Foxborough riding a two-game losing streak while struggling as of late heading into the final few weeks of the 2019 regular season.
While battling against a struggling Bengals squad, however, the Patriots bounced back to top Cincinnati 34-13 in a blowout road victory.
New England trailed early on to only regain the lead in no time and put things out of reach quickly. In the first quarter, the Bengals jumped out to a 10-7 advantage on their home field against the Patriots, although New England took back the lead going into halftime while outscoring Cincinnati 6-0 in the second quarter to hold a 13-10 lead going into halftime.
In the second half, the Patriots put the game out of reach before the Bengals could really realize it. New England outscored Cincinnati 14-0 in the third quarter to stretch the lead and ended up holding a 21-3 second-half advantage to ultimately come away with a 21-point win on the road.
With the win, the Patriots were able to get back on track and snap their two-game losing streak, improving to 11-3 overall on the year heading into the 16th week of action next weekend. New England will remain atop the AFC East standings as well, sitting ahead of the Buffalo Bills, New York Jets and Miami Dolphins in the division.
The Patriots will get back to action in Week 16 when they return home to hold the Bills in an important AFC East matchup on Sunday evening in Foxborough.
In the loss, the Bengals rough 2019 campaign continued while dropping to an NFL-worst record of 1-13 overall on the year. Cincinnati is out of reach of the Cleveland Browns, Pittsburgh Steelers and Baltimore Ravens in the AFC North standings while looking to be the likely team to hold the No. 1 overall pick in the upcoming 2020 NFL Draft.
With New England coming out on top of Cincinnati on Sunday afternoon in Week 15, let’s look back and pick out three studs and duds for the Patriots from the win.