Minnesota Vikings vs. Cincinnati Bengals Game Highlights | NFL 2023 Week 15
Illinois in motion. He’s going to get the swing pass. The Vikings are all over that. But he slips a tackle and gets a first down in Brown. Coming off his best game as a pro. Totally has been self assuring Browning when he returns to the sidelines after a drive, and here on second and long, checks it down to Wilcox, gets close to the first down before he is knocked out by Caleb Evans for the Bengals offense. They’re one of three teams in the NFL where the School here in the Queen city. Former Division one defensive
player of the year Browning on second has Chase wide open and he makes the one handed grab inside the 25. He beat Troy Dye third and one on this drive for Browning last time he snuck it. It’s going to be a tight end around. And Hudson’s going to throw it. He’s looking to throw it at least keeps it himself and loses yardage a great job by Danielle Hunter to string out the play. Well we’ve seen the Bengals in recent weeks. Let guys other than Jake Browning throw the ball and it hasn’t a 34 yard attempt
out of the hold of the rookie punter Brad Robbins, and the Bengals have the first points of the game 33. Well Nick Mullens will get his
Vikings and Mullins in the shotgun. And he delivers to TJ Hawkinson. And he gets nailed by Jermaine Pratt. But not before a nine yard gain for the man who leads all tight ends in up here on third and short with Chandler in the backfield. And now C.J. Ham in front of him. Little play action. Mullins is going to hit Chandler wide open. He’s got some space and gets it inside the five before he is pushed out by Germaine Pratt. That’s why I’m up here in the downs on their opening drives. This season Myles Murphy late
to the party for the Bengals as he’s trying to find the right defensive alignment. Hand off to Chandler. Spins and he is in. So the Vikings have their first opening drive. Touchdown of the season. And for Chandler his respond with a score of their own. We saw Murphy coming running in late. We talked about D.J. reader going down early in this drive. You get down on the goal line. That’s where you Sample a great blocking tight end. Who’s going to be the pass protect for Bengals up against it on the play clock. But Browning gets
it away. Has some time and delivers it short I think he was looking for Tee Higgins but it was a one hopper in front of Cam Bynum. Nowhere caller today. And here come those fans Zach Taylor was calling. For. The Bengals blitzing Mullins gets dropped at the 11 yard line Jermaine Pratt and Trey Hendricks arson team up and they forced the punt, O’Connell said. They needed to stay out of the third and long Browning, barking out the signals, just gets it off before the play clock expires, and Browning’s going deep down field for Charlie Jones.
He had him and just past the fingertips of the rookie and that is one you have got to nail. If you’re the Bengals that’s a tough one right down linemen. Three of them on this play. Mullins is going to dump it down to Hockenson. Gets it past the 25 and gets enough for the first down. Yes, that way TJ Hawkinson really good run play dime text. By seven. And now goes back under center on second and seven with a little play. Fake dumps it down. That is Oliver on the catch. Gets it past the 40.
And another Vikings first down and Josh Oliver with catch number 17 on the season. What’s been fun to watch on this Mullins, who’s connected on 75% of his throws so far. So another first down for Minnesota to with Huan Wu in the backfield. Mullins looking down field for the rookie Addison. He’s got it inside the Bengals 40 and down to the 38. Jordan Addison tied for the NFL lead among rookies Not even the backup third and eight Mullins what a catch Hawkinson gets another first down as he makes the snag that was actually behind him
on the throw. It was behind him Mullins in such control of this of this offense right now. They came with the pressure and he’s third down conversion today. Mullins throws it across the middle and the ball is picked off by Hilton. Mike Hilton with the INT. His second of the year. Keeps points off the board for the Bengals DB. And he’s going to let the fans know about it. Hey man let’s go isolate Jamaar Chase and be. mile now. Third and 24. And it’ll be a handoff to try and get some of that yardage back.
Trevion Williams gets it up to the 30. And the Vikings are going to burn their second time out. We will be back in 30s after this message from Amazon next season. Six yard gain. Plenty of time with a buck 33 left in the first half, Mullins looking down the middle of the field for Addison. He’s got him inside Bengals territory inside the 30. And the little man muscles his way down to the 25. A gain of 35 on the play Jordan. right there. And the Bengals are playing a cover two. Got to get him down
on the ground. Mullins connects Jefferson keep dragging defenders forward. And that is in bounds inside the 20. No need to rush 50 something 53 seconds left. But they still have a timeout left in their back down. Mullins is pressured again and he gets dropped by B.J. Hill. Did he lose the ball on top of it? The refs say yes, it is a turnover. A second critical mistake by Mullins in the last He’s going down but he’s not down yet. He throws it up. It deflects off of B.J. Hill. And he able as the ball bounces
around. That is an interception that is not a fumble. He throws Cincinnati 30 with 11 seconds left, Bengals still have one time out left, but it will be Brown on the carry. And it looks like that’ll do it for the first half. Each team scored on its in the red zone. Vikings will start with the ball at their own seven. Ty Chandler, who had a solid first half, sees the rock good cut bounces outside and works against Jordan. Battle And that is a big gain for the Vikings to get him out of a hole .
They’ve done so well and they able to hold on to it. Takes it six and one. And he said on Mullins throws and connects with Justin Jefferson a few yards shy of the 50. And then he gives it to the Bengals bench. That’s as Second and six for the Vikes. No Juan Woo in the backfield. He’s up Mullins looking left throwing left. And connect ING. That’s another first down for Jordan Addison who’s having a fantastic game. That’s back to back throws. We’ve seen from Mullins. And you take this for granted. you a discount after the
game. Consider it our holiday gift from us to you. Third and. Nine Mullins just gets the snap away, pressured again, throws it off his back foot caught. It’s caught by Addison. He’s going to go all the way in for a touchdown. Down Mullins. Beats the blitz. And the Vikings have their second score of the game. Nick Mullins has that gunslinger mentality. And when you take it away from him sometimes you miss on plays like this falling to the ground really probably an ill advised throw, but he’s able to find Jordan, Addison, who gets his fingertips
on that ball as we’re going to see DJ Turner going underneath and look at that catch. Scrapes it right off the carpet, picks it up and is rolling for the touchdown. His young son Luke, he woke up, picked his head up said dad that’s how you do it. The Pat is Just continue to move the ball down the field. Browning looks, throws and that ball is picked off by Caleb Evans. The zone defense does the job for coordinator Brian Flores. And going to buy that? Nope. He didn’t have the right dance moves. Probably Mullins plenty
of time. Fires downfield and it is caught Jefferson again between two defenders and letting them know gain of 41 on the play. There are certain guys in this league that are just opposed to a changer today, right. Zero Cam Newton would agree on that. One second and five Mullins going to throw it. And it’s Jefferson again. Again. And it’s another Vikings first down. Welcome back Justin Jefferson. Boy is this team missed him in the last couple with us. Screen time is done. He’s back to live action 180. He’s a. Chance for bounces outside and a
nice solid gain of eight yards on first down. Good block by Garrett Bradbury. The the ball to somebody other than those two. Crowd getting loud on third. Mullins fires incomplete. A miscommunication between the quarterback and Hawkinson on. Yeah, he was looking for Justin the day. This one from 39. And he has now made 50 straight at inside. The 40. And the Vikings have a two touchdown lead in Cincinnati role. Browning looking left throws to Hudson gets it inside Vikings territory taken down by Murphy at the 45. A gain of 14. Really good job there. Trying
to set up a screen right there. And very quiet since the opening quarter. Just two catches and two targets on the day. There’s Browning hits. Irv Smith the former Viking gets it inside the 35. Steve Wyche would he have saw frustrated Brian Flores even though his team hasn’t given up a touchdown in three games as Browning, there’s Chase inside the red zone and inside the 15 down. Jamaar Chase getting red zone stop to keep that streak alive. Joe Mixon in the backfield. Browning looks throws to the end zone. Higgins touchdown down. Cincinnati They. So for
the first time since the Tough year physically for Tee Higgins who’s missed four games and hasn’t had the production he wanted. But here he comes up big time. Jake Browning, seven of seven on that drive. Finishing it off with six when he hits number five of. Really good play design for them who has turned it over twice? Third and 13. Three man Rush Hawkinson hammered at the 29 yard line by Logan Wilson. And it is punt time for Minnesota as the Bengals D does its job. They did their job and that was a play that
we saw in the first half. It was third and long and Packers. They finish in Motown. 80. Mixed in trying to bust it outside gets a couple of good blocks. Gets it into Minnesota territory before being pushed out of bounds. Great work by Murphy. Gain of ten has put the ball in Minnesota territory. Browning fires it to the middle. Higgins inside the 35. And even on Saturday day you can always have a tee time in. Those pushed back all the way to the 43. Browning throws to the middle of the field and it’s gonna be
a first down by Jamaar. Chase as he works his way inside the zone. And now inside the red zone. Right here. Look at the Vikings. They have everybody at the line of scrimmage right trainers. Keep our eye on that one. After the gain of 24. Browning dumps it down and it’s caught and it’s going to be another first down as Wilcox answers the bell. And Jamaar Chase is like, okay, I’m good. Let’s get back out there, Zach Taylor said yesterday with in the backfield. He’ll get it. Pounds inside the five and down to the three
DJ want him and Harrison Smith combine on the stop. But not before a six yard pickup. You just can feel the is in the game I’m. Trying. To answer fans prayers. And Browning in the shotgun with Mixon next to him. Mixon gets it gets popped. Second effort is into the end zone for a touchdown. Jake Browning calls Joe Mixon the tone setter. And boy did he Jake Browning calls Joe Mixon the tone setter. And boy did he set it there. Takes the hit from Cincinnati Ivan Pace. And barrels in Ivan Pace was coming downhill with
mean intentions. And you said it Joe Mixon stays up off the ground reaches the ball across that goal line. But now it’s up to Nick Mullens. See what he has in his bag of tricks . Play fake to get it going. And Mullins works the middle of the field. And it’s a completion to Justin Jefferson a gutty throw and catch to start the drive. What. A play right there by Justin Jefferson. And this up. Six and a half to go. Mullins has it picked off. Pratt makes the move and it gets into the end zone
for a touchdown. However, there is a flag back at the line of scrimmage, and it’s possible the Bengals were offsides and. Dalton Reisner telling his quarterback it’s okay. We’re getting the ball back. Offside defense number 91. Five yard penalty. Repeat. Second down. Trey Hendrickson, the veteran trying to get a jump up. And it takes points off the that play right there. Hendrickson lined up. You see him and he gets a jump start up at the top of your screen to try to go make this play, but an incredible play by Pratt is coming back because
of a mental error by Trey Hendrickson. And that was last week coming off on the offensive side. But it was called. And now this game we have an offsides by Hendrickson Mullins dumps it out to Addison who has 100 yard game. Gets it close to the first down before DJ Turner shoves him out. So now Mullins, what do you think the mentality of this guy is? He’s tackle position of holding him off and not allowing him to wreck this game. It’s Chandler again. He’s got a hole inside the 20. The ten and Chandler down to
the goal line as he is dragged down at the one yard line. There’s that fourth three eight speed. You’re seeing it find Mullins. And he’s going to throw it. Mullins plenty of time rolls out throws it back across his body. It’s caught by Addison for a touchdown. What in the world was Nick Mullins doing and how did Addison get it done. Jason you still with me? I am with you. That was an Pratt wiped off the board on first and goal at the one, decides to throw it back across his body. Not only does he
decide to throw it back across his body, Kevin O’Connell stat line. And now it’s up to Browning who starts off this drive with a first down catch by Tanner Hudson. Quick reminder part of a huge day on the network Saturday showdown. this point aren’t going their way. A must win this afternoon on NFL network. Browning swings it out to Boyd, and he’s going to get the first down and get into Minnesota territory. And a little John with Byron Murphy on top of it. Vikings were coming with pressure right there as forward without their biggest offensive
threat. Browning hits Higgins down inside the. 35. He just said it without their biggest offensive threat. No, no Jamaar Chase go to Tee Higgins. guys in the secondary. 48 seconds to go. It’s second and ten with three receivers to the right. Browning looking pressure throws it deep and the ball is caught by Tee Higgins at the one yard line. And it’s actually called a touchdown. Somehow Higgins got it across the line. Now we’ll have to give that one a look. The Browning burrow box is going nuts as Browning right there feels the pressure throws it
up. Tee Higgins again on the Caleb Evans goes up. Makes the catch two feet down. It’s a completion. Reaches the ball. Wow. Pylon and goes over top of it Chris I think that is a touchdown. This is the second time he’s thrown it up. And Tee Higgins has reached up. This time. He holds on to it I don’t know though. It’s close to see if that ball is already on the way. As he’s reaching it over it is confirmed a touchdown. So he came back from out of the end zone to catch the ball. Does
a reverse pivot pivot and scores to get to the sideline and try to fulfill every zone of this Bengals defense. First play Mullins being pressured and he gets dropped. Trey Hendrickson he has said a personal career kicker like McPherson. Mullins back to throw, dumps it to Chandler, gets it past the 20 up to the 23, and the Bengals utilize their second time out. The Vikings right now it goes squad out there. Will it be the Bengals or the Vikings third and 13 Mullins play 30 of time. He’s going to keep it himself. Get down well
shy of the first down. And the Bengals utilize their flag up. Great job by the crew, Jake Brown. He’s going to take a knee. So guess what. We’ve got overtime. What’s up with the early window here on Saturday’s showdown last year the Vikings erased the biggest deficit in NFL history. Hit a walk off game winner. And now Joe Burrow, just they’ll face winning teams the rest of the way after the Vikings there at Pittsburgh at Kansas City and home against Cleveland. Pump fake Browning gets dropped. It’s Jonathan Bullard injured earlier in the game with a
big sack for Minnesota for the Vikings. When you make a play like that on defense on second down and now you’re forcing a third and long 18 after Minnesota’s fifth sack of the day. Watch Higgins split out to the right. Browning pressured again and gets away from a defender. Keeps the play alive. Throws it deep downfield to Higgins, who doesn’t make the catch. And no flag on the play. Evans there to knock it away. A much on the line. Greg Joseph all season long is 54. His career high 61 yards. Mullins play fake works the
middle of the field. Hawkinson goes up almost like grabbing the rebound and gets the first down. Exactly what it was like. Him maxed out right there on Hill and he’s opportunities to make plays on the ball. Second and nine Mullins swings it out to Hawkinson. Dives close to the first down. Looks like he’s going to be less than a yard shy . He. And so now on third and less than a yard the Vikings are going hurry up. They’re going season best is 54. Career best is 61. Third and inches for Mullins. That’s Powell behind
him. They get a push I don’t know. He got turned sideways. Where’s that football. As we all know the yellow line is not official. All So where is that going to be spotted. And this network. Mullins, with Chandler in the backfield and it’s Powell again. And Mullins does not get there a second shove doesn’t get it done does not get it done. And they go to the same exact play. He looks short on that play. But we have to see exactly where they’re going to put the nine. Browning the Vikings with some pressure. Browning flush,
throws it downfield. The ball is caught by Boyd. Keeps his footing inside the 30 cuts inside the 20. The 15 and the Bengals have the ball down to the 25 yard line on. Jake Browning, giving some words of four minutes to go in overtime time. It’s just going to be a knee. As Browning centers it up. And here comes McPherson. Five walk off kicks as a rookie, including one against these good, the hold is good. And the Bengals have come back to beat the Vikings in overtime. I’m. He may not be Joe Burrow, but a
different JB is make his name here in the Queen city. It wasn’t always pretty for him today especially in the first half, but he just continues to
