The Cincinnati Bengals (6-8) and Tennessee Titans (3-11) mixed to make undesirable NFL historical past on Sunday for his or her sloppiness within the Bengals’ 37-27 Week 15 win in Nashville.
Not solely did the Bengals hold their mathematical playoff probabilities alive, however the two groups gave us the sloppiest recreation in NFL historical past: their 10 turnovers dedicated mixed and their 26 mixed penalties dedicated made their Week 15 recreation on Sunday the primary ever with at the very least 10 complete turnovers and at the very least 26 complete penalties, per CBS Sports Research.
Titans quarterback Will Levis, who co-leads the NFL with 17 turnovers this season together with Atlanta Falcons quarterback Kirk Cousins, received benched for contributing 4 turnovers to that complete of 10 with three interceptions and a misplaced fumble. Bengals quarterback Joe Burrow, regardless of throwing for 3 touchdowns for the sixth recreation in a row, added three giveaways as effectively with two interceptions and a misplaced fumble. Titans operating again Tony Pollard and Bengals security Jordan Battle every misplaced a fumble on the identical play as loopy as that sounds.
Battle recovered a fumble by Pollard, and he appeared to run it again for a landing. However after replay assessment, it was deemed Battle fumbled the soccer simply earlier than crossing the airplane into the tip zone for a 61-yard fumble return landing. Since the ball bounced out of the again of the tip zone, the play ended with a touchback and a recent offensive possession for the Titans at their very own 20.
Safe to say each teaching staffs can have lengthy movie assessment periods for his or her respective groups earlier than turning the web page to Week 16.
