Rookie quarterback Ryan Finley went 20 of 26 for 150 yards and two touchdowns, leading the visiting Cincinnati Bengals past the Washington Redskins 23-13 on Thursday night.
Finley, a fourth-round pick, threw touchdowns of 5 yards to second-round rookie tight end Drew Sample and 3 yards to 2018 seventh-round pick Auden Tate.
Cincinnati scored 17 unanswered points in the second half, capped by a 75-yard punt return from Alex Erickson in the fourth quarter.
Finley's performance came while fellow rookie signal-caller Dwayne Haskins, a first-rounder, impressed for Washington. Haskins went 7 of 14 for 114 yards and a touchdown, a gorgeous 55-yarder to Robert Davis late in the second quarter.
Case Keenum started for the Redskins and finished 3 of 7 for 52 yards. Bengals starter Andy Dalton went 5 of 9 for 36 yards with an interception, which was tipped by Daron Payne at the line and then caught and returned 96 yards for a touchdown by Montae Nicholson.
--Field Level Media
Cincinnati | Washington | |
Jordan Ellis | Player | Adrian Peterson |
15 | Attempts | 4 |
52 | Yards | 31 |
3.5 | Avg Yards | 7.8 |
0 | Touchdowns | 0 |
7 | Long | 26 |
Cincinnati | Washington | |
Damion Willis | Player | Robert Davis |
5 | Receptions | 1 |
59 | Yards | 55 |
11.8 | Avg Yards | 55.0 |
0 | Touchdowns | 1 |
19 | Long | 55 |
Yards | Scoring | Defense | ||||||
Team | Tot | Rus | Pas | TD | FG | INT | Sck | FF |
Cincinnati | 335 | 92 | 243 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 4.0 | 1 |
Washington | 212 | 59 | 153 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 |