Week 3, 2017

played in Denver, CO

39 degrees, fair, 10 mph wind

Cincinnati Bengals	7	0	0	7	-	14
Denver Broncos	7	0	3	0	-	10

Scoring Summary
1Q: 09:12 CIN - Jay Ajayi 7 run (Jeff Chandler extra point)
1Q: 04:10 DEN - Julio Jones 9 pass from Wayne Robinson (Micah Posante extra point)
3Q: 00:22 DEN - Micah Posante 27 field goal
4Q: 05:14 CIN - Jonathan Dwyer 71 fumble return (Jeff Chandler extra point)

Scoring Summary
1Q: 09:12 CIN - Jay Ajayi 7 run (Jeff Chandler extra point)
1Q: 04:10 DEN - Julio Jones 9 pass from Wayne Robinson (Micah Posante extra point)
3Q: 00:22 DEN - Micah Posante 27 field goal
4Q: 05:14 CIN - Jonathan Dwyer 71 fumble return (Jeff Chandler extra point)

Team Statistics CIN DEN
Record 1-2 1-2
First Downs 16 16
- by Rushing 5 5
- by Passing 8 11
- by Penalty 3 0
Total Net Yards 218 276
- Offensive Plays 57 69
- Yards per Play 3.82 4.00
Net Rushing Yards 66 79
- Rushing Attempts 27 28
- Yards per Rush 2.44 2.82
Net Passing Yards 152 197
- Att./Comp./Intrcpt 29 - 18 - 0 33 - 23 - 0
- Gross Passing Yards 156 241
- Sacks/Yards Lost 1/4 8/44
- Yards per Pass Play 5.07 4.80
Fumbles/Lost 4/1 3/0
3rd Down Conversions 4/14 6/17
- Avg. YtG on 3rd Down 8.4 7.3
4th Down Conversions 0/0 0/1
Penalties/Yards 2/10 7/51
Punt Returns/Yards 5/13 4/42
Kick Returns/Yards 2/39 1/26
Interception Ret./Yards 0/0 0/0
2pt Conversions 0/0 0/0
Red Zone Visits 2 2
- Red Zone TDs/FGs 1/0 1/1
Avg. Drive Start OWN 24 OWN 27
Time of Possession 26:47 33:13

Team Statistics	CIN	DEN
Record	1-2	1-2
First Downs	16	16
- by Rushing	5	5
- by Passing	8	11
- by Penalty	3	0
Total Net Yards	218	276
- Offensive Plays	57	69
- Yards per Play	3.82	4.00
Net Rushing Yards	66	79
- Rushing Attempts	27	28
- Yards per Rush	2.44	2.82
Net Passing Yards	152	197
- Att./Comp./Intrcpt	29 - 18 - 0	33 - 23 - 0
- Gross Passing Yards	156	241
- Sacks/Yards Lost	1/4	8/44
- Yards per Pass Play	5.07	4.80
Fumbles/Lost	4/1	3/0
3rd Down Conversions	4/14	6/17
- Avg. YtG on 3rd Down	8.4	7.3
4th Down Conversions	0/0	0/1
Penalties/Yards	2/10	7/51
Punt Returns/Yards	5/13	4/42
Kick Returns/Yards	2/39	1/26
Interception Ret./Yards	0/0	0/0
2pt Conversions	0/0	0/0
Red Zone Visits	2	2
- Red Zone TDs/FGs	1/0	1/1
Avg. Drive Start	OWN 24	OWN 27
Time of Possession	26:47	33:13

Drive Charts

Cincinnati Bengals
Quar	Began	Poss	From	Plays	Yards	Result
1	15:00	5:56	OWN 25	14	75	Touchdown
1	3:59	4:06	OWN 31	6	19	Punt
2	13:09	1:00	OWN 37	3	6	Punt
2	10:04	1:10	OWN 22	4	50	Fumble
2	3:46	1:23	OWN 20	3	6	Punt
2	1:18	1:05	OWN 6	3	0	Punt
3	13:34	2:05	OWN 12	4	24	Punt
3	10:24	1:05	OWN 42	3	3	Punt
3	7:19	0:51	OWN 20	3	5	Punt
3	0:16	4:36	OWN 21	8	35	Punt
4	6:38	1:54	OWN 8	3	92	Touchdown
4	3:16	1:12	OWN 25	3	5	Punt
4	0:45	0:45	OWN 45	2	-2	Game

Denver Broncos
Quar	Began	Poss	From	Plays	Yards	Result
1	9:04	5:05	OWN 28	9	72	Touchdown
2	14:53	1:44	OWN 20	3	-6	Punt
2	12:09	2:05	OWN 32	3	4	Punt
2	8:54	5:08	OWN 33	10	27	Punt
2	2:23	1:05	OWN 39	3	8	Punt
2	0:13	0:13	OWN 44	3	18	Half
3	15:00	1:26	OWN 25	3	6	Punt
3	11:29	1:05	OWN 1	3	7	Punt
3	9:19	2:00	OWN 10	4	37	Punt
3	6:28	6:12	OWN 40	12	50	Field Goal
4	10:40	4:02	OWN 20	6	27	Punt
4	4:44	1:28	OWN 25	3	0	Punt
4	2:04	1:19	OWN 34	7	21	Downs

Game MVP: Jose May, Cincinnati Bengals

Rushing Statistics

Cincinnati	Att	Yards	Avg	LG	10+	TD
RB Jay Ajayi	11	41	3.73	13	1	1
RB Jonathan Dwyer	10	14	1.40	18	1	0
QB Carson Palmer	3	7	2.33	9	0	0
RB Mike Moss	2	7	3.50	4	0	0
WR Justin Hardy	1	-3	-3.00	-3	0	0

Denver	Att	Yards	Avg	LG	10+
RB Bernard Pierce	14	38	2.71	8	0
RB Ezekiel Elliott	10	20	2.00	10	1
QB Wayne Robinson	3	21	7.00	8	0
WR Justin Blackmon	1	0	0.00	0	0

Passing Statistics

Cincinnati	Att	Comp	Yards	Sk/Yd	TD	LG	Int	Rate
Carson Palmer	29	18	156	1/4	0	24	0	76.2

Denver	Att	Comp	Yards	Sk/Yd	TD	LG	Int	Rate
Wayne Robinson	33	23	241	8/44	1	30	0	100.7

Receiving Statistics

Cincinnati	Catch	Targ	Yards	Avg	YAC	LG
RB Jay Ajayi	5	7	33	6.60	14	13
WR A.J. Jenkins	4	6	54	13.50	11	23
TE Riddick Anderson	2	2	3	1.50	0	3
TE Blake Bell	2	5	13	6.50	14	14
RB Jonathan Dwyer	1	1	3	3.00	5	3
FB T.J. Davies	1	2	24	24.00	15	24
RB Mike Moss	1	1	-1	-1.00	0	-1
WR Tony Al Shawa	1	2	5	5.00	0	5
WR Justin Hardy	1	2	22	22.00	24	22
WR Roddy White	0	1	0	0.00	0	0

Denver	Catch	Targ	Yards	Avg	YAC	LG	TD
WR Samuel Gomez	10	14	114	11.40	52	25	0
WR Shaq Evans	7	8	44	6.29	11	15	0
TE Martellus Bennett	3	5	59	19.67	38	30	0
WR Julio Jones	3	6	24	8.00	3	12	1

Interception Statistics

Cincinnati	Ints	Yards	Avg	TD

Denver	Ints	Yards	Avg	TD

Fumble Statistics

Cincinnati	Fumb	Recov	Force	TD
RB Jonathan Dwyer	1	1	0	1
QB Carson Palmer	1	0	0	0
RB Mike Moss	1	0	0	0
WR Tony Al Shawa	1	0	0	0
TE Riddick Anderson	0	1	0	0
G Arturo McWilliams	0	1	0	0
CB Quintin Demps	0	0	1	0
DE Aldon Smith	0	0	1	0
DT Erick Evans	0	0	1	0

Denver	Fumb	Recov	Force
QB Wayne Robinson	2	1	0
CB Trumaine Johnson	1	0	0
WR Samuel Gomez	0	1	0
DE DeMarcus Lawrence	0	1	0
ILB Bo Williamson	0	1	0
DE Bruce Carter	0	0	1
DT Fletcher Cox	0	0	1
ILB Harry Gruttadauria	0	0	1
CB Aiden Gehrig	0	0	1

Punting Statistics

Cincinnati	Punt	Yards	Avg	Net	LG	In20
Bradley Pinion	9	418	46.4	37.3	63	3

Denver	Punt	Yards	Avg	Net	LG	In20
Erick Zolnoski	9	446	49.6	43.7	56	4

Kicking Statistics

Cincinnati	FGs	40+Yd	50+Yd	LG	PAT
Jeff Chandler	0/0	0/0	0/0	0	2/2

Denver	FGs	40+Yd	50+Yd	LG	PAT
Micah Posante	1/1	0/0	0/0	27	1/1

Punt Return Statistics

Cincinnati	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Rasul Douglas	5	13	2.6	0

Denver	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Trumaine Johnson	4	42	10.5	0

Kick Return Statistics

Cincinnati	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
A.J. Jenkins	2	39	19.5	0

Denver	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Aiden Gehrig	1	26	26.0	0

Defensive Statistics

Cincinnati	Tack	Asst	Sack	RPlay	PPlay
OLB Nick Perry	11	1	0.0	27	39
ILB Bud Dupree	9	1	0.0	24	31
CB Quintin Demps	7	1	0.0	28	41
S Scott Patton	5	2	0.0	28	41
CB Nevin Lawson	5	1	0.0	28	41
DE Shaun Bridges	4	1	1.5	11	19
S Devan Masucci	4	0	0.0	27	41
DT Sheldon Rankins	4	0	0.0	24	28
OLB Jose May	3	1	2.5	10	17
DE Eduardo Connell	3	0	2.0	19	30
DE Aldon Smith	3	3	1.5	26	33
T Ryan Ramczyk	1	0	---	---	---
DT Byron Moore	0	3	0.5	9	19
CB Logan Ryan	0	1	0.0	16	22
DT Erick Evans	0	1	0.0	19	21

Denver	Tack	Asst	Sack	RPlay	PPlay
ILB Harry Gruttadauria	7	3	0.0	26	30
OLB Brandon Spikes	6	2	0.0	15	22
OLB Eli Thomas	5	1	0.0	25	23
DT Fletcher Cox	5	0	0.0	25	22
DE Bruce Carter	4	0	1.0	25	20
CB Aiden Gehrig	4	0	0.0	16	16
S Eric Reid	3	1	0.0	26	30
DE DeMarcus Lawrence	3	0	0.0	22	21
DT Sedrick Ellis	2	0	0.0	13	15
S Harrison Smith	1	4	0.0	26	23
CB Trumaine Johnson	1	0	0.0	14	14
CB Brock Vereen	1	0	0.0	4	8
DT Vaughn Martin	0	1	0.0	2	7
CB Rico Banks	0	1	0.0	22	29
ILB Bo Williamson	0	1	0.0	1	0

Pass Rush Statistics

Cincinnati	Sack	Hurry	Knock	PPlay
OLB Jose May	2.5	0	0	17
DE Eduardo Connell	2.0	1	2	30
DE Aldon Smith	1.5	1	2	33
DE Shaun Bridges	1.5	0	1	19
DT Byron Moore	0.5	0	0	19

Denver	Sack	Block	Hurry	Knock	PPlay
DE Bruce Carter	1.0	0	2	2	20
DE DeMarcus Lawrence	0.0	0	2	0	21

Pass Defense Statistics

Cincinnati	Caught	Defnsd	PPlay
ILB Bud Dupree	6	1	31
OLB Nick Perry	4	0	39
S Devan Masucci	4	0	41
CB Nevin Lawson	4	0	41
CB Quintin Demps	3	2	41
S Scott Patton	1	1	41
CB Logan Ryan	1	0	22
S Caden Cortez	0	1	3

Denver	Caught	Defnsd	PPlay
ILB Harry Gruttadauria	4	0	30
S Eric Reid	3	1	30
OLB Eli Thomas	3	0	23
CB Aiden Gehrig	2	1	16
DE Bruce Carter	2	0	20
OLB Brandon Spikes	1	0	22
CB Trumaine Johnson	1	0	14
S Harrison Smith	1	0	23
CB Brock Vereen	1	0	8

Blocking Statistics

Cincinnati	KeyBl	BlOpp	Panc	RPly	SckA	PPly
G Arturo McWilliams	2	9	1	27	1	30
G Xavier Su'a-Filo	1	5	0	27	0	30
T Lamar Flournoy	1	4	0	27	0	30
C Eric Wood	1	2	0	27	0	30
T Ryan Ramczyk	0	3	0	27	0	30
TE Blake Bell	0	1	0	26	0	23

Denver	KeyBl	BlOpp	Panc	RPly	SckA	PPly
G Anthony Hammond	4	9	0	28	1	41
T Taylor Decker	1	6	0	28	0	41
C Ben Jones	1	5	1	28	1	41
G Jamil Douglas	0	4	0	28	4	41
T Trent Williams	0	1	0	28	2	41

Special Teams Tackles

Cincinnati	Tackles	STPlays
Erick Evans	2	12
Jose May	1	24
Kurt Coleman	1	15
Ryan Ramczyk	1	9

Denver	Tackles	STPlays
Harrison Smith	3	24
Bernard Pierce	1	25
O.J. Bradley	1	25
Brandon Spikes	1	24
Sedrick Ellis	1	21

Participation

Cincinnati	RPlyOff	PPlyOff	RPlyDef	PPlyDef	STPly	Total Plays
CB Nevin Lawson	---	---	28	41	10	79
CB Quintin Demps	---	---	28	41	1	70
S Scott Patton	---	---	28	41	1	70
S Devan Masucci	---	---	27	41	1	69
G Arturo McWilliams	27	30	---	---	9	66
OLB Nick Perry	---	---	27	39	---	66
G Xavier Su'a-Filo	27	30	---	---	9	66
T Lamar Flournoy	27	30	---	---	9	66
T Ryan Ramczyk	27	30	---	---	9	66
DE Aldon Smith	---	---	26	33	1	60
DE Eduardo Connell	---	---	19	30	10	59
QB Carson Palmer	27	30	---	---	---	57
C Eric Wood	27	30	---	---	---	57
WR Tony Al Shawa	26	28	---	---	1	55
ILB Bud Dupree	---	---	24	31	---	55
DT Erick Evans	---	---	19	21	12	52
DT Sheldon Rankins	---	---	24	28	---	52
OLB Jose May	---	---	10	17	24	51
WR A.J. Jenkins	23	25	---	---	3	51
CB Logan Ryan	---	---	16	22	12	50
TE Blake Bell	26	23	---	---	---	49
TE Riddick Anderson	5	13	---	---	24	42
DT Byron Moore	---	---	9	19	10	38
WR Justin Hardy	14	17	---	---	6	37
FB T.J. Davies	11	9	---	---	15	35
RB Jay Ajayi	13	22	---	---	---	35
DE Shaun Bridges	---	---	11	19	---	30
ILB Rodolfo Appleton	---	---	4	10	13	27
DT Sylvester Williams	---	---	4	14	1	19
WR Roddy White	2	1	---	---	15	18
RB Jonathan Dwyer	11	6	---	---	1	18
RB Mike Moss	2	2	---	---	14	18
S Kurt Coleman	---	---	1	0	15	16
CB Rasul Douglas	---	---	1	1	14	16
ILB Anthony Walker Jr.	---	---	0	0	12	12
C Sherman Stephens	0	0	---	---	9	9
P Bradley Pinion	0	0	---	---	9	9
TE Levine Toilolo	2	4	---	---	---	6
S Caden Cortez	---	---	2	3	---	5
K Jeff Chandler	0	0	---	---	3	3
WR ArDarius Stewart	0	0	---	---	2	2
T John Greco	0	0	---	---	---	0
C T. J. Johnson	0	0	---	---	---	0
G Tanner Hawkinson	0	0	---	---	---	0
QB Justin Leyva	0	0	---	---	---	0
T Sedrick Moore	0	0	---	---	---	0

Denver	RPlyOff	PPlyOff	RPlyDef	PPlyDef	STPly	Total Plays
T Trent Williams	28	41	---	---	10	79
G Anthony Hammond	28	41	---	---	10	79
S Harrison Smith	---	---	26	23	24	73
QB Wayne Robinson	28	41	---	---	---	69
C Ben Jones	28	41	---	---	---	69
G Jamil Douglas	28	41	---	---	---	69
T Taylor Decker	28	41	---	---	---	69
WR Samuel Gomez	27	41	---	---	---	68
WR Julio Jones	27	38	---	---	---	65
RB Bernard Pierce	15	22	---	---	25	62
OLB Brandon Spikes	---	---	15	22	24	61
TE Martellus Bennett	25	34	---	---	1	60
OLB Eli Thomas	---	---	25	23	9	57
ILB Harry Gruttadauria	---	---	26	30	---	56
S Eric Reid	---	---	26	30	---	56
CB Rico Banks	---	---	22	29	---	51
DT Sedrick Ellis	---	---	13	15	21	49
DT Fletcher Cox	---	---	25	22	---	47
TE O.J. Bradley	8	13	---	---	25	46
DE Bruce Carter	---	---	25	20	---	45
CB Trumaine Johnson	---	---	14	14	15	43
DE DeMarcus Lawrence	---	---	22	21	---	43
WR Shaq Evans	16	22	---	---	---	38
CB Aiden Gehrig	---	---	16	16	3	35
RB Ezekiel Elliott	13	19	---	---	---	32
DT Angel Blackson	---	---	14	16	---	30
CB Justin Gilbert	---	---	12	15	---	27
WR Justin Blackmon	2	4	---	---	16	22
DE Tyson Alualu	---	---	3	7	9	19
FB Norman Manning	5	9	---	---	4	18
DE Da'Quan Bowers	---	---	4	12	---	16
CB Giovanni Stargell	---	---	0	0	15	15
ILB Bo Williamson	---	---	1	0	12	13
CB Brock Vereen	---	---	4	8	---	12
G Nicky Delgado	0	0	---	---	10	10
T Orlando Franklin	0	0	---	---	10	10
P Erick Zolnoski	0	0	---	---	10	10
C Devan Arriaga	0	0	---	---	10	10
DT Vaughn Martin	---	---	2	7	---	9
WR Alexis Johnson	1	1	---	---	6	8
TE Jaylen Dunsmore	1	2	---	---	2	5
K Micah Posante	0	0	---	---	4	4
OLB Gerald McRath	---	---	1	0	---	1
CB Josh Shaw	---	---	1	0	---	1
QB Matt Barkley	0	0	---	---	---	0
RB Mackenzie Ellard	0	0	---	---	---	0

Directional Rushing Statistics

Distance	Att	Yards	Avg
Left	5	11	2.2
Middle	11	39	3.5
Right	9	18	2.0
None	2	-2	-1.0

Distance	Att	Yards	Avg
Left	5	16	3.2
Middle	16	53	3.3
Right	7	10	1.4
None	0	0	0.0

Detailed Passing Statistics

Cincinnati	Att	Cmp	20+	BdTh	Drop	Dfns	Hurr	Knck	Intc
Carson Palmer	29	18	3	1	4	2	4	2	0

Denver	Att	Cmp	20+	BdTh	Drop	Dfns	Hurr	Knck	Intc
Wayne Robinson	33	23	4	0	3	5	2	5	0

Directional Passing Statistics

Distance	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg
Screen	7	4	41	5.9
Short (0-8 Yds)	16	11	69	4.3
Medium (9-18 Yds)	5	3	46	9.2
Long (19+ Yds)	1	0	0	0.0

Distance	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg
Screen	6	5	61	10.2
Short (0-8 Yds)	21	13	117	5.6
Medium (9-18 Yds)	3	3	30	10.0
Long (19+ Yds)	3	2	33	11.0

Detailed Receiving Statistics

Cincinnati	Targt	Caugt	Dropd	Yards	20+	PPlay
RB Jay Ajayi	7	5	2	33	0	22
WR A.J. Jenkins	6	4	0	54	1	25
TE Blake Bell	5	2	2	13	0	23
TE Riddick Anderson	2	2	0	3	0	13
FB T.J. Davies	2	1	0	24	1	9
WR Tony Al Shawa	2	1	0	5	0	28
WR Justin Hardy	2	1	0	22	1	17
WR Roddy White	1	0	0	0	0	1
RB Jonathan Dwyer	1	1	0	3	0	6
RB Mike Moss	1	1	0	-1	0	2

Denver	Targt	Caugt	Dropd	Yards	20+	PPlay
WR Samuel Gomez	14	10	1	114	2	41
WR Shaq Evans	8	7	1	44	0	22
WR Julio Jones	6	3	1	24	0	38
TE Martellus Bennett	5	3	0	59	2	34

Red-Zone Rushing Statistics

Cincinnati	Att	Yards	Avg	Overall Avg
RB Jay Ajayi	1	7	7.00	3.73

Denver	Att	Yards	Avg	Overall Avg
RB Ezekiel Elliott	1	1	1.00	2.00

Red-Zone Passing Statistics

Cincinnati	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg/Att	Overall Avg

Denver	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg/Att	Overall Avg
Wayne Robinson	4	4	21	5.25	7.30

Red-Zone Receiving Statistics

Cincinnati	Target	Catch	Yards	Avg/Targ	Overall Avg

Denver	Target	Catch	Yards	Avg/Targ	Overall Avg
WR Julio Jones	2	2	12	6.00	4.00
WR Samuel Gomez	1	1	6	6.00	8.14
WR Shaq Evans	1	1	3	3.00	5.50

Third Down Rushing Statistics

Cincinnati	Rushes	Conversions
RB Jay Ajayi	2	1

Denver	Rushes	Conversions
QB Wayne Robinson	1	0
RB Bernard Pierce	1	1
RB Ezekiel Elliott	1	1

Third Down Passing Statistics

Cincinnati	Att	Comp	Conversions
Carson Palmer	12	9	3

Denver	Att	Comp	Conversions
Wayne Robinson	11	6	4

Third Down Receiving Statistics

Cincinnati	Targ	Catch	Conversions
RB Jay Ajayi	5	4	1
WR A.J. Jenkins	3	2	1
WR Justin Hardy	2	1	1
TE Riddick Anderson	1	1	0
TE Blake Bell	1	1	0

Denver	Targ	Catch	Conversions
WR Samuel Gomez	8	4	4
WR Shaq Evans	2	2	0
WR Julio Jones	1	0	0

Section Attendance
Stadium 97,700 (99,900 capacity)
Upper Deck 23,500 (25,300)
End Zone 17,800 (18,200)
Mezzanine 10,500 (10,500)
Sideline Seats 16,100 (16,100)
Club Seats 19,900 (19,900)
Luxury Boxes 9,900 (9,900)

Section	Attendance
Stadium	97,700 (99,900 capacity)
Upper Deck	23,500 (25,300)
End Zone	17,800 (18,200)
Mezzanine	10,500 (10,500)
Sideline Seats	16,100 (16,100)
Club Seats	19,900 (19,900)
Luxury Boxes	9,900 (9,900)