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The Los Angeles Chargers had every reason to be susceptible to a trap game against Cincinnati.The Chargers were coming off an emotional Nick Vigil Jersey White , come-from-behind victory against Pittsburgh last Sunday and a key AFC West showdown at Kansas City was fast approaching.Sunday’s 26-21 victory over the Bengals was not one of Los Angeles’ best-played games of the season, but it does improve the record to 10-3 going into Thursday night’s game against the 11-2 Chiefs for the division lead.“Everyone wanted to talk about Pittsburgh and if it wasn’t Pittsburgh then it was Kansas City. This team was dangerous and we got out of there with a win,” Chargers coach Anthony Lynn said.The Chargers scored touchdowns on their first two drives and then got four field goals from Michael Badgley — including a team-record 59-yarder — to deal the Bengals (5- their fifth straight loss.“We did enough to win. Shoot, they all count the same. We found a way to win, in a different way,” said Philip Rivers, who was 19 of 29 for 220 yards and a touchdown.The Chargers had 160 yards of offense on their first two drives — which ended in a Keenan Allen 14-yard TD catch and 5-yard score by Austin Ekeler — but had 128 the remainder of the game. Three of the last eight drives started at or inside the Chargers 7.Ekeler rushed for 66 yards on 15 carries with Melvin Gordon missing his second straight game due to a knee injury. Allen had five receptions for 78 yards and has a touchdown in five straight games.“Sometimes you just have to play complementary football. Defensively we stopped them when we needed to,” Lynn said. “Offensively we started out, but then slowed down and kicked field goals the rest of the day.”Cincinnati had good field position for most of the day with an average drive start of its 35. Joe Mixon had 111 yards on 26 carries and a touchdown. Jeff Driskel, who was making his second straight start since Andy Dalton‘s season-ending thumb injury, was 18 of 27 for 170 yards and a touchdown.“The decisions I made today didn’t work out. We didn’t get to make the break. This or that decision put us in situations, whether it’s fourth down and we’ve got to make the stop, the 2-point (conversion) and so forth, those things today, we didn’t get to make the breaks,” Bengals coach Marvin Lewis said.Cincinnati got within two points at 14-12 late in the first half on a pair of field goal by Bullock — one came after an apparent TD run by Driskel was overturned by replay — and Driskel’s 5-yard TD pass to John Ross (the 2-point attempt was no good). The Chargers, though Womens Anthony Munoz Jersey , would take a 17-12 lead when Badgley made his 59-yard field goal on the final play of the first half.The Chargers led 23-15 late in the fourth quarter when Mixon scored from a yard out. The 2-point attempt, which would have tied the game, failed when Driskel was sacked by Darius Philon.BIG OVERTURNDriskel appeared to score a touchdown with about five minutes remaining in the second quarter on a 1-yard scramble that would have brought the Bengals within four, but replay overturned it saying he was short of the goal line.In the past, quarterbacks were safe to go head-first and not be considered to be giving himself up, but that was changed this season.“He dove forward to the goal line and as soon as his knee hit the ground, he was ruled to have given himself up. The ball was short of the goal line,” referee John Hussey said after the game.The overturn meant the ball was spotted inches short of the goal line and brought up fourth-and-goal. Bengals guard Alex Redmond was then called for a false start and Cincinnati had to settle for a Bullock 23-yard field goal that cut the Chargers’ margin to 14-6.BIG LEG BADGLEYBadgley, who had the winning field goal last Sunday at Pittsburgh, now has the longest field goal in Chargers history.The Chargers attempted a Hail Mary with a second remaining, which resulted in Rivers being sacked, but Bengals defensive end Jordan Willis was called for a false start, which brought out Badgley, who said he was very confident about making it.“You got to go out there with that kind of confidence. If you’re going out there thinking you’re going to miss it you probably shouldn’t be kicking it,” said Badgley, who is 14 of 15 on field goals since joining the Chargers last month. “But going out there, it was a way for us to steal momentum from them at the end of the half http://www.thebengalslockerroom.com/authentic-ryan-glasgow-jersey , go into the second half with more points. It was definitely good for us to get those points at the end of the half.”The former team record was a 57-yarder by Nate Kaeding at Tampa Bay on Dec. 21, 2008.UP NEXTBengals: Host Oakland next Sunday before concluding the season with two straight road games.Chargers: Travel to Kansas City on Thursday night in a matchup of two of the top teams in the AFC.Bengals fans brought the heat to Atlanta The Bengals’ Sunday win in Atlanta would have been fun to watch at home on the couch.But it was so much more fun to watch in person with plenty of other Bengals fans invading Mercedes-Benz Stadium in Atlanta.When I found out that Syracuse football (go Cuse!) was playing Clemson on the same weekend the Bengals were playing the Falcons, I checked out a map (my geography skills are really bad) and when it was confirmed that the two games were just a short drive apart, I knew the trip was meant to be. I flew from New York to Charlotte, North Carolina on Friday. Then drove to the Clemson area in South Carolina on Friday night and continued on from Clemson to Atlanta, Georgia on Saturday night.Syracuse almost pulled off a major upset over Clemson, and honestly I’ll take the 27-23 loss. I wasn’t expecting a win when visiting the No. 3 team in the country in a place referred to as Death Valley. Honestly, I was kind of expecting to leave early in the fourth quarter of a blowout loss to start driving to Atlanta. Clemson was 25 point favorites going into the game.Our seats were amazing, we had a great time, and Syracuse was winning for all but about one minute of the game. Does that make the loss tougher? When considering my expectations going in, not really. Syracuse football hasn’t been good in so long, that this is a really exciting time for the team. That remains true even now that the Orange is boasting a 4-1 record not a 5-0 record like you Ohio State, Cincinnati and Kentucky fans can say of your teams. (And congrats, to you all! But maybe less so for OSU, you guys have had enough success.)When Syracuse extended its lead in the fourth quarter.So, Syracuse lost and then it was time to move onto Atlanta to watch the Bengals take on the Falcons. Upon arriving in Atlanta, we ran into a bunch of players. Dre Kirkpatrick and Joe Mixon were both happy to chat and Mixon said he hopes to be back next week. It certainly seems like he will be (more on that later).When out to dinner Jake Fisher Jersey White , Clayton Fejedelem was sitting right next to us with his girlfriend. He didn’t look like he wanted to be bothered, though a young fan did adorably come up to him to ask for his autograph. He of course obliged, signing the fan’s jersey. A lot of the players were with family members in downtown Atlanta on Saturday night including C.J. Uzomah who was proudly wearing a hockey jersey. Carlos Dunlap also was out to dinner with his family, who seem to attend just about every game.On Sunday morning, we navigated our way to a Bengals fan tailgate, which was honestly not an easy task. There are a lot of parking lots at Mercedes-Benz Stadium and not a lot of informed workers to guide you there, despite there being a huge number of workers in general. We were given incorrect directions about five times before finally finding a police officer to point us correctly to our destination. There, some of the people involved in Bengal Bomb Squad were hosting a tailgate alongside a few Falcons fans. On the way there, we encountered tons of Bengals fans and it was great to see so much Cincinnati support in the south. (It also always amazes me how many Bengals fans don’t know about Cincy Jungle; so, tell a friend about the site!!)We joined in on some Bengals vs. Falcons themed shots (one called “Falcon piss” which was a lot better than it sounds) and then headed into the Falcons’ bright and shiny new stadium. This stadium is amazing and definitely the nicest NFL stadium I’ve ever visited. On top of that, everything inside is fairly priced, even bordering on ‘oh my god, this is so cheap.’ I live in New York, so I’m used to everything being really expensive, but $2 hot dogs and $2 refillable soft drinks at a football game are really unheard of. Even the beers were less than $10 each.Photo by Kevin C. Cox/Getty ImagesWe met up with more Bengals fans inside the stadium to watch the team warm up. The players were all getting loose and having a good time. Dunlap really does not stop dancing; at all. That continued during the game, too. Between plays both Dunlap and Kirkpatrick were constantly on the move, busting out dance moves.Mixon was ruled out well in advance of the game but he was on the field and having fun with his teammates. Eventually Chad Johnson came out to say hello to some Bengals players Jeff Driskel Jersey , coaches and trainers. Everyone wanted to get in their conversations with one of the greatest Bengals of all time. He chatted with Marvin Lewis for a while as well as A.J. Green, Mixon, Dunlap, John Ross and others. There were a lot of photos taken. Grid View Once in our seats, we were happily seated next to two other Bengals fans and among at least 30 Cincinnati faithful in our section. Our seats were in the center of the end zone in which Tyler Eifert scored his first and only touchdown of the season and where Giovani Bernard scored the first of his two rushing touchdowns on Sunday. When Bernard scored, Mixon was the first to greet him in the end zone; happily celebrating the touchdown together. I mean it when I say Mixon was the Bengals’ No. 1 cheerleader on Sunday. He was constantly there celebrating with his teammates and cheering on the Bengals. It was awesome to see, though hopefully he’ll be back celebrating his own plays next weekend. It certainly looks like he will be. On Saturday night and during the pre-game warm ups Mixon wasn’t wearing a brace or anything on his knee, but during Sunday’s game, there was a brace on his injured knee.The two aforementioned touchdown plays were great to see up close, but that meant the view of the end zone where Ross scored and where Green reeled in the game-winning grab was not all that great.When Dalton threw Green the game-winning touchdown, the Falcons’ scoreboard operator failed to put the points on the board for the Bengals for what felt like an eternity. We saw the touchdown from afar, we screamed, we cheered, but then we kept looking around wondering if the play was being reviewed or if the Falcons employee in charge of the scoreboard just wanted to hold off on letting fans in Atlanta know the Bengals likely won the game. I was going a little bit crazy and this is me in that moment; the woman next to me gave me one of her pom poms prior to the final offensive drive to cheer along with.Finally, the points were put on the board, and moments later the Bengals officially won the game. It capped off a great day and even better weekend of football.The Bengals are 3-1 and have six of their next eight games at home. Things are looking good for Cincinnati and it was great to be in Atlanta for such an exciting win.