The Bengals didn't need Sunday to be pretty. They just needed it to be a win against Tampa Bay.
With an inactive list stuffed with starters on the mend, bye week on the horizon and reeling off two consecutive demoralizing losses, this was not the time to chase beauty points.
Sunday at Paul Brown Stadium was about someway, somehow, finding a way to get to the bye at 5-3 and reset with all the goals of the season in front of them.
With the 44-yard Randy Bullock field goal at the gun, they did, 37-34.
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