A wild finish in Cincy, a star player’s gruesome injury and multiple games come down to the final seconds in NFL’s Week 9

After Week 8 of the NFL season was marked by blowouts, NFL fans were due some excitement in Week 9.

Boy, did they get it.

Multiple games went down to the wire, including one finish in Cincinnati that may prove to be the wildest finish of the season. And in the day’s most anticipated matchup, the Buffalo Bills survived a last-gasp effort from the Kansas City Chiefs.

 

 

Here’s what you may have missed on Sunday.

Bears make an incredible last-minute comeback
The script flipped a few times in Cincinnati on Sunday afternoon.

The Chicago Bears led by two touchdowns with five minutes left in the game, another seeming disappointment for the Bengals on home turf. Bengals quarterback Joe Flacco found Noah Fant for a 23-yard touchdown pass with 1:43 to go, and then Cincy converted on the two-point conversion attempt to pull within six points.

The Bengals then lined up for a desperation onside kick and, thanks to the slightest of touches off a Bears player’s foot, managed to recover the ball to get possession back.

Flacco again drove his team down the field and, with 54 seconds to play, hit Andrei Iosivas for a 9-yard touchdown pass. The Bengals converted the extra point and suddenly had the lead with less than a minute to go. An incredible comeback had Paycor Stadium rocking in disbelief.

 

 

A few moments later, it would be silenced as that disbelief turned to shock.

Bears quarterback Caleb Williams hit tight end Colston Loveland with a pass and the tight end barely evaded two Bengals defenders, who hit each other instead of Loveland. To the dismay of the home fans, Loveland scampered 58 yards for a touchdown, stealing the lead – and the game – back for the Bears with just 17 seconds to play. The Bears won 47-42.