_Sanders, the kicker, scored on funky fourth-down-run featuring a formation that was so funky it was illegal when the end man didn't report as an eligible receiver and Sanders had to settle for the chip shot field goal that cut it to 7-3 early in the second quarter.
_During that drive, Miami lost left guard Ereck Flowers to injury and had to re-shuffle the offensive line.
_Ever so briefly the Bengals had a 13-3 lead in the middle of the second quarter when strong safety Vonn Bell levelled Tagovailoa on a third-down blitz just as he tried to unload it. Not hearing a whistle, linebacker Jordan Evans picked up the ball and jogged 55 yards into the end zone for what was ruled on the field as the Bengals' first defensive score of the season.
The play was negated, but it did turn into another Miami punt.
_The Bengals came out right away trying to run it and pounded it the first three snaps of the game. Running back Giovani Bernard beat blitzing linebacker Roberts for a nine-yard on the first snap with the right side of the line sealing it off.
_After sitting him last week, Michael Jordan got the start at left guard with Quinton Spain getting another start at right guard.
_On the third straight run, Bernard lost a yard up the middle and on third-and-three, Allen had rookie wide receiver Tee Higgins open deep down the left sideline against cornerback Byron Jones, but his pass took Higgins out of bounds. Higgins had four catches for 34 yards.
_On Kevin Huber's first punt, the Bengals had a big-time answer for Jakeem Grant, the Dolphins' leading NFL punt returner. Huber drilled it 51 yards and gunners Brandon Wilson and Stanley Morgan Jr., dropped Grant at the Miami 9.
_But Allen picked on Howard once too often on the Bengals' second drive of the game. Higgins beat Howard on two straight third down passes. On third-and-seven, Higgins got inside Howard on a slant and then on third-and-two Higgins got leverage on the outside to convert Allen's quick throw.
But on the next snap, from the Bengals 45, Allen went play action and had Boyd behind Howard for an instant down the left sideline. But Allen underthrew it and Howard picked it off at the Dolphins 16 for his eighth interception of the season.
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