Kansas City didn’t just pack it in against the Bengals as they did all they could to keep Cincinnati from securing a playoff berth before falling 17-10. The defense played exceptionally well considering their performance of recent weeks, but when they needed a stop late there was no one to make the big play as the Bengals drove 98 yards for the winning score as Carson Palmer hit Chad Ochocinco for a six yard strike.
The first half was marked by a turnover by both teams as each QB was picked off once while going deep. Other than that it was a defensive struggle.
With two and a half minutes to go in the half, deep snapper Thomas Gafford launched the ball over punter Dustin Colquit’s head. Colquit kicked the ball out of bounds at the KC seven saving a TD. Palmer hit Ochocinco for an apparent TD but he’d stepped out of bounds earlier in the route and was ineligible. KC then held to force a 29 yard field goal by Shane Graham and it was 3-0 Bengals.
The Chiefs two minute drill moved from their own 19 to the Cincinnati 11 and Ryan Succup hit a 30 yard FG to tie the game at 3 at halftime.
On the opening drive of the second half Cincinnati had more total yardage than the entire first half as they drove 77 yards, capped by a 10 yard TD pass from Carson Palmer to Laverneaus Coles and a 10-3 lead.
Late in the third quarter, Jake O’Connell partially blocked a Bengal punt and the Chiefs then drove 49 yards with Matt Cassel hitting Tim Castille in between three defenders for a 20 yard score and 10-10 tie.
A final drive attempt by KC moved to midfield but Cassel was picked off by Leon Hall on a pass intended for Chris Chambers.
Cedric Benson had 133 rushing for Cincy, 99 in the 2nd half, Jamaal Charles had 102 for KC. The Bengals are now 10-5, the Chiefs 3-12 with one game left in Denver next Sunday.
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