In a grinding game of giveaway at Sunday’s Paul Brown Stadium opener, the Bengals defense answered the bell early in the fourth quarter when they sacked Chargers quarterback Philip Rivers on his own goal line and it turned into a back-breaking 38-yard touchdown drive finished off by quarterback Andy Dalton’s third touchdown pass of the game to give them a two-score lead with 8:49 left and led to the 24-19 victory
And fittingly it was the defense that finished it off when linebacker Vincent Rey dropped in front of wide receiver Malcom Floyd for the interception at midfield with 49 seconds left that left the Bengals 2-0.