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The Bengals played the best half of football we’ve seen from the team potentially all season. Scoring on four consecutive drives and ending the quarter 19-0, this is one of the highest moments we’ve seen from the team all year. And, this is without A.J. Green and Giovani Bernard. Jeremy Hill and Tyler Eifert scored first half touchdowns and Mike Nugent made two fields, but only one extra point. Fittingly, the half ended with a Nugent missed extra point (he couldn’t take the nice things we were starting to say about him). This was the fourth time in five games Nugent missed a PAT and his fifth extra point missed in as many games.
The half also included some big plays from young guys like Cody Core, who caught his first NFL catch, and it was a big one, a 50-yard grab that set up Hill’s touchdown. Tyler Boyd also added two catches for 30 yards and James Wright and Alex Erickson also contributed with catches in the half.
We asked for your first half reactions following the Bengals taking a 19-0 lead going into halftime. Here’s what you had to say.
@CincyJungle Can we play the Eagles every week? #CINvsPHI #WhoDey
— Mitchell Burman (@booboo_The_Herd) December 4, 2016
@CincyJungle I am conflicted.
— John (@zzAverageGeekzz) December 4, 2016
Can't agree more!!!! https://t.co/hWiuQN7Fjs
— Tomatos (@tomatos72) December 4, 2016
@CincyJungle seriously! It's a relief, I forgot what this felt like.
— Jessie Inacio (@inaciojj7) December 4, 2016
@CincyJungle nug has missed 5 of his last 10 PATs
— Robert Bucy (@RobertBucy_) December 4, 2016
@CincyJungle we had to at least show a flash of how bad we've been this season.
— CincyBengalsFan (@BengalsFan1144) December 4, 2016
@CincyJungle Don't jinks us/ but where has this team been all season⁉️
— Craig Fluharty (@craigflu62) December 4, 2016
@CincyJungle mike nugent is the greatest kicker of all time
— Will (@WillRodgCHC) December 4, 2016
@CincyJungle yes. They play 16 games. I support for all 16!!! Who Dey!!
— Paul Tomasulo (@ws_tomasulo) December 4, 2016
@CincyJungle Why? We were on pace for 6th pick or better in the draft. At the end of the day we might be out of top 10. For what?
— Andy (@zorospride) December 4, 2016
@CincyJungle happy yes but Nugent missing puts a sour taste in my mouth
— CLNN (@CLePzZ) December 4, 2016
@CincyJungle Better but Nugent needs to go
— Karen Henderson (@karhend) December 4, 2016
@CincyJungle trying to be excited about it but this game means nothing
— Josh Warmouth (@joshwarmouth23) December 4, 2016
No, hoping to get a top 5 draft pick https://t.co/bg0pdX0Gyc
— M&M (@Lebrack27) December 4, 2016
@CincyJungle if it were 5 weeks ago, maybe
— Steve in Crowtown (@StevenCrowtown) December 4, 2016
@CincyJungle I'm happy that it's on the back of guys like Core, Fisher, Boyd, Eifert... The future
— Jer (@jharrell) December 4, 2016
@CincyJungle I'm happy as long as the young kids get playing time. Getting help from Wentz's growing pains today
— Danne D (@QuizGuy66) December 4, 2016