Best reactions after Bengals beat Titans, advance to AFC title game
There were a ton of wild plays during the Cincinnati Bengals‘ win over the Tennessee Titans during Saturday’s playoff game in the divisional round.
We’re talking the Jessie Bates interception. The Mike Hilton interception. Referees letting Joe Burrow get hit during dead plays. Bad offensive line play. Controversial calls by officials.
Not to mention the Bengals advancing to the AFC championship game with the 19-16 win.
To say there were big reactions to the game would be an understatement. So before looking ahead to what comes next, let’s round up some of the best reactions from during the game and right after it went final.
On the refs letting Burrow take hits on dead plays
How is that low post-whistle hit on Burrow not a penalty?
— Tony Fratto (@TonyFratto) January 22, 2022
Man the NFL got to do something about that. You can’t let the DL get hits on the QB when you’re blowing the play dead. I don’t know what the solution is but that’s awful
— Mitchell Schwartz (@MitchSchwartz71) January 22, 2022
The NFL has a rule about taunting, but the QB getting hit in the knees after a whistle?
nah we good.
— Andrew Russell (@PFF_AndrewR) January 22, 2022
The play of the o-line in the first half
*Joe Burrow drops back to pass* pic.twitter.com/mBeJ3FE1lk
— NFL Memes (@NFL_Memes) January 22, 2022
this mismatch between the Titans D Line and Bengals O Line as expected thus far
3 sacks, 4 pressures on 10 dropbacks
1 YPC on the ground
get the ice tub ready for Burrow after this one
— Warren Sharp (@SharpFootball) January 22, 2022
If Joe Burrow gets time this game not close … Come on Zac and O line step up
— Just Eric 💰📈🗣 (@JUSTERIC__) January 22, 2022
The Samaje Perine drop/ interception
oh good yet another game decided on the arbitrary rules with which the NFL decides on what is a catch
— Tyler Conway (@jtylerconway) January 22, 2022
Pick or incomplete? pic.twitter.com/OTQpnEycti
— Bleacher Report (@BleacherReport) January 22, 2022
just give him the interception let’s get spicy
— Shea Serrano (@SheaSerrano) January 22, 2022
The huge fourth-down stop
Bengals ball, 7:16 left. We have seen versions of this before.
End of KC drive was 15 plays 6:01 to close it out.
— Paul Dehner Jr. (@pauldehnerjr) January 23, 2022
Why not just do a normal handoff to Henry on 3rd down? Strange playcalling there.
— Jake Brown (@JakeBrownRadio) January 23, 2022
STEPPPPPPPPPPP YOUR GAME UP!!!!! Come on HEART OF A CHAMPION!!!!!!
— ZIM (@zimwhodey) January 23, 2022
Burrow's 9 sacks
Thank God Joe Burrow is as tough as he is because 9 sacks in a playoff game is wild
— Big Cat (@BarstoolBigCat) January 23, 2022
Too many sacks… Burrow been sacked 9 times now… pic.twitter.com/YxP92tqstn
— DOM TIBERI (@DOMTIBERI) January 23, 2022
Joe Burrow has got to identify when to get rid of the ball. 9 sacks and two consecutive drives of getting knocked out of FG range. Brutal.
— Cody Roark (@CodyRoarkNFL) January 23, 2022
On to the AFC title game
Bengals fans deserve this.
— Brendan Walker (@BWalkerNFL) January 23, 2022
The Bengals hadn’t won a playoff game since 1990 until last Saturday. Now they’ve won two in seven days.
— Antwan V. Staley (@antwanstaley) January 23, 2022
Imagine thinking it was a bad idea to draft a kicker
Couldn’t be me— Matt Minich (@CoachMinich) January 23, 2022
This is surreal man
— Blake Jewell (@BlakeJewellNFL) January 23, 2022
Two years ago the Bengals were the worst team in the NFL.
This year they've won two playoff games and one away from the Super Bowl.
Not a perfect team, but just a tremendous rebuild.
— Tyler Brooke (@TylerDBrooke) January 23, 2022
This is awesome, I’m going to cry again
— Nick Crago (@FearDaTiger009) January 23, 2022
i can't even process this. pic.twitter.com/52W3V9Ww6c
— Kevin Madden (@KevinMaddenDC) January 23, 2022
If you told me in 2018 that by 2022 we would be in a two-year global pandemic or the Bengals would be in the AFC Championship I’d be more surprised about the Bengals
— Charlotte Wilder (@TheWilderThings) January 23, 2022
THE BENGALS ARE GOING TO THE AFC CHAMPIONSHIP GAME!!!
— Marcus Mosher (@Marcus_Mosher) January 23, 2022
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