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Originally Posted by professorellisdtrails
It was one of those games where maroney was hot and he couldn't be stopped and cincy lost the game early. NE isn't that good and Cincy isn't that bad.
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I do not think maroney was the key.... palmer was harassed and beat up. 2 balls were ripped off his hands and sacked .
The secondary defelected/patted/nearly intercepted most of the 3 rd downs.Bengals were 2/11 in 3rd downs .When you do not make 3rd downs you are not going any where.
Oh they could not run either the front 7 smothered the run,First 2 drives to the redzone was stopped for 2 goals.Not sure how maroney did all this

.Most important of all the 3 rd throws were successfull ...to doug falk graham and every one included brady moved the 3rd down. Maroney was playing only very few thired down.when you cannot stop 3rd down you loose as the team keeps moving up.
The kick off return was faulk 42 yrds.
touch downs were graham , doug 25 yrds ,dillion 1yr,maroney 25 yr and another one in the mid teens.
No sacks allowed in 14 quaters on tom brady also helps.