The Bengals’ season opener was a tale of two halves as Cincinnati overcame a 23-10 deficit and scored 24 unanswered points to beat the Colts.
Two turnovers in the first half kept the Bengals to 10 points, but the team then exploded in the second half, thanks to Joe Mixon, A.J. Green, and Clayton Fejedelem. The defense stepped up and kept the Colts to a mere touchdown in the entire second half.
Rust had to be shaken off, but it’s still just Week 1. The preseason can’t match this level of competition; teams hold some of their starters out, and those that play only play a fraction of the sixty minutes.