• A muffed, blocked punt? What seemed like a positive play for the Cowboys quickly turned into a nightmare, as the Bengals recovered the punt and won thanks to Ja'Marr Chase‘s 40-yard touchdown catch.
• Bengals suffered from poor third-down play: Cincinnati generated -0.49 EPA per play on third downs but used a solid early-down performance to power its win.
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The Cincinnati Bengals won 27-20 against the Dallas Cowboys on Monday Night Football in Week 14.
Game Summary
According to PFF's noise-canceled score metric, the Bengals were the better team, even though the game was close in the fourth quarter and they ultimately needed a muffed punt to win the game. The Bengals mostly suffered from an unusually bad performance on third down but were dominant on early downs.
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