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          Tyler Boyd puts Cincinnati Bengals on the board with 72-yard touchdown

          • Ben Baby, ESPN Staff WriterDec 6, 2020, 07:07 PM
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              Ben Baby covers the Cincinnati Bengals for ESPN. He joined the company in July 2019. Prior to ESPN, he worked for various newspapers in Texas, most recently at The Dallas Morning News where he covered college sports. He provides daily coverage of the Bengals for ESPN.com, while making appearances on SportsCenter, ESPN's NFL shows and ESPN Radio programs. A native of Grapevine, Texas, he graduated from the University of North Texas with a bachelor's degree in journalism. He is an adjunct journalism professor at Southern Methodist University and a member of the Asian American Journalists Association (AAJA).
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          If the Cincinnati Bengals want to beat the Miami Dolphins, they need some big plays to come away with a road victory on Sunday.

          And Cincinnati got one in the first quarter. On third-and-2, Bengals quarterback Brandon Allen found Tyler Boyd, and the wide receiver did the rest. Boyd took the short pass and went down the field for a 72-yard touchdown to give the Bengals an early 7-0 lead with 3 minutes and 31 seconds left in the quarter.

          It was the longest play of Boyd's career. The fifth-year player out of Pitt had a 49-yard catch in 2017 and 2018. According to ESPN Stats & Information, Boyd's catch against the Dolphins had the most yards after catch of any reception in the league this season.

          Also, Allen's 72-yard pass touchdown is the Bengals' longest play from scrimmage since Andy Dalton's 77-yard touchdown to A.J. Green in 2017, per ESPN Stats & Info. The 2017 Dalton pass was thrown 35 yards downfield. Allen's passing touchdown Sunday was thrown to the line of scrimmage.