Pass seven: Burrow looked to make a quick throw to Chase near the right sideline. Burrow had to hold onto the ball for an extra second, and a quarterback hit from George Karlaftis forced a throw over the middle to Irwin to fall incomplete on third down.

With downcast eyes, Joe Burrow shifted his weight from one foot to the other while issuing clipped answers to reporters' questions after the Bengals' 26-25 loss Sunday to the Kansas City Chiefs. Rarely has the supremely confident Cincinnati quarterback looked so irked or uncomfortable after a game — or at any time,

That crucial call came when the Chiefs were trailing the Bengals by two points and were in a fourth-and-16 situation, thus giving Kansas City a fresh set of downs. The whole Cinci