Bring on the bills! The Cincinnati Bengals move one step closer to back-to-back Super Bowls with a 24-17 win over the Baltimore Ravens in a thrilling NFL Super Wild Card playoff game and set up a delicious rematch with Buffalo next Sunday
Sam Hubbard returned Tyler Huntley’s fumbled 98 yards for a tied touchdown in the fourth quarter, helping Joe Burrow and the Cincinnati Bengals beat the Baltimore Ravens 24-17 in an AFC wildcard game Sunday night
Despite missing star quarterback Lamar Jackson, who did not travel with the team while recovering from an injured PCL, Huntley put in a Herculean effort, throwing for 226 yards, one touchdown and rushing for 54 yards.
Burrow played behind a patchwork offensive line and rushed for 209 yards and a touchdown for the AFC North champion. He also had a 1-yard touchdown run a week after the Bengals defeated the Ravens 27-16 in the regular season finals.
Cincinnati Bengals quarterback Joe Burrow (9) throws a pass to convert a two-point conversion in the second half against the Baltimore Ravens
Baltimore Ravens quarterback Tyler Huntley runs with the ball against the Cincinnati Bengals
The game’s defining moment came when Bengal’s defensive end Sam Hubbard made amends for a fumble at his own two-yard line when Huntley was stuffed trying to leap into the end zone.
Hubbard’s 98-yard touchdown return was not only the longest fumble for a touchdown in NFL postseason history, but also the longest go-ahead touchdown in postseason history.
Moments after the Cincinnati native’s game, while the 66,399 crowd at Paycor Stadium still hummed, Hubbard gasped for oxygen as he sat on the bench on the touchline.
Huntley fumbles the ball as it is batted away by Cincinnati Bengals linebacker Logan Wilson
Sam Hubbard runs a fumble back from Huntley 98 yards for an historic go-ahead touchdown
Baltimore drove to the Cincinnati 17 in the last minute, but Kevin Zeitler was flagged for the hold and Huntley incompletely shot into the end zone in the final game.
Next up for Cincinnati (13-4) is a trip to Buffalo for a rematch of their Week 17 game, which was called off after Bill’s safety Damar Hamlin went into cardiac arrest on the field.
With Hamlin watching from home, Buffalo advanced with a 34-31 win over Miami on Sunday.
Baltimore (10-8) now enters the offseason with questions about the future of star quarterback Lamar Jackson.
Ja’Marr Chase (1) bows out after a catch in the NFL Wild Card Playoff game
Chase celebrates with wide receiver Tee Higgins after a touchdown against Baltimore
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