Notebook: Bengals In Bounce-Back Mode

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The Green Bay Packers certainly had their share of heartbreaking defeats in 2008. Field goals that were missed or blocked in the last 30 seconds. Field goals made by the opponents as time expired or in overtime. Interceptions thrown in the final minutes.

But nothing the Packers went through last year in any one game could match how the Cincinnati Bengals started their 2009 season last week. Leading 7-6 after a 91-yard touchdown drive, the Bengals had the Denver Broncos on their own 13-yard line with 28 seconds left when the unthinkable happened.

As Denver quarterback Kyle Orton tried to rifle a pass to the left sideline to Brandon Marshall, Cincinnati cornerback Leon Hall jumped up and deflected the ball. Unfortunately, though, the ball caromed back toward the field of play rather than out of bounds, and Denver's Brandon Stokley caught the tip in stride and raced 87 yards untouched for the game-winning score with 11 seconds left.

It was the longest scoring ..

Source: Packers.com
 

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