SEATTLE (AP) — Andy Dalton will be perfectly fine if this is how Zac Taylor wants to operate as the head man in Cincinnati.Trust in Dalton. Put the game on his right arm when the situation calls for it and see what happens.It nearly led to an unlikely upset to open the regular season.“We did a lot of good things David Montgomery Jersey , from an effort standpoint, the way we fought the whole game,” Dalton said. “Very pleased with everybody and it’s unfortunate that we came out with a loss in this one because there are a lot of good things that happened in this game. But in the end we just didn’t make the play that got us over the top.”Taylor’s tenure in Cincinnati nearly started with a victory, but the Bengals failed to capitalize on a handful of second-half opportunities and dropped a 21-20 decision to the Seattle Seahawks on Sunday. As much as the Bengals booted away opportunities to escape with the upset, there was a long list of positives to take from Taylor’s debut.Cincinnati led into the fourth quarter. Its makeshift offensive line held up for the most part against Seattle’s pass rush. After two seasons of waiting, John Ross emerged with a career day. And Dalton directed the offense to a career-best 418 yards passing.It was not enough against the Seahawks. It was something to build on going forward.“No question, we feel like we’re just scratching the surface,” Taylor said.Dalton had won in Seattle before. He was 2-0 in his career against the Seahawks and was willing to take on the challenge of passing the Bengals to a victory. It nearly worked.Seattle was intent on not letting Joe Mixon control the game on the ground and that was before Mixon suffered an ankle injury in the third quarter and did not return. Mixon was limited to 10 yards on six carries and Cincinnati had just 34 yards rushing total.Even with the commitment to stop the run, Seattle was unsure what Taylor would dial up in the passing game. As Pete Carroll described it, Seattle was willing to “rope a dope” a bit and allowed the Bengals to find underneath gaps in the zone coverage. So Dalton was likely to have a good day through the air no matter what.“We had some advantage there http://www.bearsfootballauthentics.com/riley-ridley-jersey-authentic , for us nobody really knew what we were going to be,” Dalton said. “This is still just one game, there is more out there for us. Early in the season that’s going to be our advantage.”But when Dalton hit a couple of big plays, it suddenly became a career day and a chance for Cincinnati to pull off the unlikely victory. The first one was a 33-yard TD pass to Ross on a flea-flicker in the second quarter. Then in the final seconds of the first half, Dalton hit Ross on a 55-yard touchdown when Seattle safety Tedric Thompson misjudged his leap to deflect the pass.“A brand new offense with a lot of stuff in their background that they could have done, so we just wanted to make sure we controlled it,” Carroll said. “That’s why those two big plays stand out so much. That was supposed to be eliminated by the way we played it and unfortunately they got a couple of them.”Ross finished with seven catches for 158 yards. He had 210 yards receiving all of last season, and said it did mean more to do it in Seattle, where he was a college star across town at Washington.“I can honestly say I lost confidence in myself the last two years. Now I come with a different mentality, and now I’ve got to go out there and continue to believe in myself Shareef Miller Jersey ,” Ross said.Ultimately, the Bengals missed too many opportunities in the second half to pull off the upset. They had three possessions inside the Seattle 36 in the third quarter and failed to score. In the fourth quarter, the Bengals had first-and-goal at the Seattle 4 and settled for a field goal.“There are opportunities there that we feel like we left out there,” Dalton said. “There are going to be things that we’re going to look at and think, ‘man,’ but there were a lot of positives from it. Just got to make the play to win.” LAKE FOREST, Ill. (AP) — Tom Brady has five Super Bowl championships, three NFL MVP awards and more victories than any quarterback in a career spanning nearly two decades.One thing he doesn’t have: a loss to the Bears. Not that he wants one.Brady looks to remain unbeaten against them when the New England Patriots visit Chicago on Sunday.The Bears are 0-4 and one of five teams never to beat him, along with Atlanta (5-0), Dallas (4-0) http://www.eaglesfootballauthentics.com/zach-brown-jersey-authentic , Minnesota (4-0) and Tampa Bay (4-0). And he isn’t slowing down at 41 years old.“I admire his competitiveness and just following his journey and what he’s had to overcome to be able to get where he’s at,” Bears quarterback Mitchell Trubisky said. “It’s very admirable and doing it this long this well over a long period of time is pretty incredible.”Brady already had more victories than any quarterback when the Patriots (4-2) beat the Kansas City Chiefs 43-40 last week. That made him the first with 200 regular-season wins.Brady came through , passing for 340 yards and a touchdown while running for another score. He also helped set up Stephen Gostkowski’s 28-yard winning field goal, and the Patriots amassed season highs in points and yards (500).The Bears (3-2) lost 31-28 in overtime at Miami after winning three in a row. They remained in sole possession of the NFC North lead, though star pass rusher Khalil Mack injured his right ankle.Trubisky threw for 316 yards, three TDs and an interception last week. He has 670 yards, nine touchdowns and one interception over the past two games.“I think he’s done a good job of getting ball to the players that are open or in space and letting them be playmakers,” Patriots coach Bill Belichick said. “He has a lot of them. That’s the quarterback’s job is to deliver the ball to the playmakers and let them go. I think he’s done a good job of that. He’s a tough kid, which I respect. That’s what we would ask our quarterbacks to do, to make plays to help our team win http://www.raidersauthorizedshops.com/authentic-isaiah-johnson-jersey , to get the ball to the players that are open and in space. It’s not about stats.”Here are some things to know as New England goes for its fourth straight win and Chicago tries to avoid its first losing streak:MACK HURTINGMack’s ankle would be a big concern no matter who the Bears were playing. The fact that they’re facing Brady and the Patriots only adds to it.Mack stayed in against Miami after being injured early in the game. But the two-time All-Pro’s streak of at least one sack and one forced fumble in each of the first four games ended.With Mack less than 100 percent, the defense wasn’t the same.Chicago never sacked Brock Osweiler. The Bears got run over by Frank Gore for 101 yards. And defenders missed tackles on Albert Wilson , turning two shorter passes into long touchdowns.HOME AND AWAYNew England is 0-2 away from home, while the Bears are 2-0 at Soldier Field.With a loss, the Patriots would match their worst road start since 1995. Chicago hasn’t been 3-0 at home since winning its first four at Soldier Field in 2012.ROOKIE WATCHThe neck injury to Rex Burkhead in Week 3 and his subsequent injured reserve designation created a hole at running back for the Patriots. Rookie Sony Michel has stepped up to fill the gap nicely.After not scoring a rushing touchdown over the first three weeks of the season, the Patriots have seven over the last three. Michel has four of them, including two 100-yard rushing games.Michel’s production has helped bolster an offense that has scored 30 or more points in three straight games. The Patriots averaged just 19 points per game in their first three, losing twice. Michel missed all four preseason games with a knee issue and said he’s gotten more comfortable each week.PICKING IT OFFNew England’s defense has an interception in all six games in 2018. It is the first time the team has had six consecutive games with a pick since 2013, when it did it in eight straight.The team record for most games to start the season with at least one interception is 11 in 1985. The Patriots intercepted Kansas City’s Patrick Mahomes twice in their 43-40 victory last week.YARDWORKChicago’s Tarik Cohen eyes his third straight game with at least 100 yards from scrimmage.He caught seven passes for 90 yards and ran for 31 against Miami coming off a career performance two weeks earlier vs. Tampa Bay. The second-year pro set personal highs in yards receiving (121) and yards from scrimmage (174) against the Buccaneers.