RAVENS 24 BENGALS 27 F...WHO DEY almost gave it away twice as the "STRAWBERRY RIFLE" Bengals QB ANDY DALTON hits the Phone Booth late to lead the Redeem Team to Victory!..NFL Week 8 "Early Slate" Recap in "A QB DRIVEN League" WHO DEY sweeps the season series from the PURPLE Browns! @BALvsCIN #PurpleReign #BengalsLove

The Cincinnati Bengals almost blew a 17-6 early 3rd frame lead to the Baltimore Ravens as Bengals QB Andy "Strawberry Rifle" Dalton almost gave it away late in the 4th. The Bengals when "Clutch" was called on went 80 yards in ten plays for a Andy Dalton 1-yd TD run and Who Dey escapes the "Jungle on the Ohio" with a 27-24 "W"!

A typical AFC north battle as the Bengals could not pull away from the Ravens who came in 5-2 with the Bengals at 3-2-1. The Ravens came right back after a Bengals eight play 51 yard drive capped by a Giovani Bernard 1-yd TD run put the Bengals up 17-6. Ravens QB Joe Flacco led the Purple Browns on a nine play 79-yard drive ending in a Lorenzo Taliaferro TD run from 10 yards making it 17-12 with the Ravens then converting a two-point conversion making it 17-14.

The Bengals started the 4th with a Mike Nugent FG making it 20-14 and seemingly going to go on another long drive when Ravens NT Haloti Ngata sacked Dalton causing a fumble scooped up by a Ravens backer and moved down the Bengals 10 yard line. The Ravens on the next play gets Taliaferro on a 10 yard TD run making it 21-20 Ravens. Ravens kicked another FG making it 24-20.

The Bengals answered that with that 80 yard drive making it 27-24 as the Ravens almost ha a 80 yard TD strike to Angry Bird Steve Smith Sr. as he was called for offensive pass interference on a TD pass. Bengals now set atop the AFC north at 4-2-1 with the Purpel Browns falling to 2nd place at 5-3.