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Cincinnati Bengals quarterback Joe Burrow took the blame for his crew’s 36-10 road loss to the Pittsburgh Steelers on Sunday, citing his 2d-half of performance in advise.
“I played dreadful within the 2d half of,” Burrow advisable journalists, per Paul Dehner Jr. of The Athletic.
Burrow finished the sport 21-of-40 with 213 passing yards and one landing. Alternatively, he went loyal 5-of-12 for 24 yards within the 2d half of, with ideal one completion going over five yards.
The Bengals trailed 22-7 at halftime and fell within the encourage of 36-7 within the fourth quarter, but Burrow did not stoop away the field.
“Yeah, I’m not a quitter,” Burrow acknowledged.
“I’m not going out of the sport. Doesn’t matter if we are down 100, down 10, down 20. I’m not going out.”
The Bengals struggled on each ends of the ball against a sophisticated 9-0 Steelers crew that led by 12 or extra aspects for the last 37 minutes of the sport. Alternatively, Burrow easy pointed the finger at himself.
“I change into as soon as talking on the sideline, we are in that sport if I don’t suck within the 2d half of. And I don’t suck plenty,” Burrow added.
Cincinnati would possibly neutral maintain encountered effort engaging the ball within the 2d half of, and the crew additionally went 0-of-13 on third down.
Alternatively, the Bengals stoop protection allowed Steelers quarterback Ben Roethlisberger to throw for 333 yards and 4 touchdowns. The Steelers’ wideout trio of Diontae Johnson, Shuffle Claypool and JuJu Smith-Schuster combined for 19 catches, 249 yards and 4 touchdowns.
The Bengals fell to 2-6-1 with the defeat after upsetting the six-decide Tennessee Titans the week sooner than.
Burrow and the Bengals will survey to get better after they focus on to the Washington Soccer Team on Sunday at 1 p.m. ET.
