In what was a surprisingly close game, it took overtime for the Bengals to beat the 1-6 Titans. Joe Burrow threw 3 interceptions, but he also finished the day with 6 total touchdowns (5 Pass, 1 Rush) and 462 passing yards.
One of those touchdowns came with a little more than a minute remaining in the 4th quarter and Cincinnati trailing 36-29.
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The Bengals faced a 1st-and-10 from the Titans’ 18-yard line. Pre-snap, it looked like Tennessee would be playing some kind of split-safety coverage:
The Bengals seemed to know better, however. As head coach Zac Taylor said after the game, the Titans’ approach all afternoon was a bit different than what they’d done throughout the season:
“Really what they did was they were gonna tighten down the coverage, give us a lot more 1-high looks, not let us do some of the 2-high stuff we did last week. Which they had shown a lot on tape [the 2-high looks].”
So the Bengals were anticipating single-high on this play. And sure enough, that’s what they got:
Taylor had a “glance” route called for Tee Higgins to the right: