Don’t sleep on these Cincinnati Bengals.
“We’re a really, really good team,” quarterback Joe Burrow said after the game. “We’re here to make noise.”
For the second week in a row, that’s exactly what the Bengals did. After holding on for a 26-19 victory over the Las Vegas Raiders in last week’s opening round of the playoffs, Cincinnati rode an Evan McPherson 52-yard field goal as time expired to a 19-16 win over the Tennessee Titans Sunday and a spot in the AFC Championship game next week.
And, for the second week in a row, it was the Bengals’ defense who had the last laugh.