Kentrel Bullock finished an 11-play drive with a 6-yard run to the right end, and the Bengals turned that second-half possession in Philadelphia into the touchdown that stretched the lead to 23-13. Evan McPherson added the extra point, and what had been a tight preseason game suddenly looked decided.
That is why Bullock’s score is the play getting attention now. It was the Bengals’ second touchdown of the second half, and it came after a drive that kept moving in small but steady steps: a 4-yard run to PHI 6, a 3-yard run to PHI 15, a 5-yard run to PHI 18, then a short sequence interrupted by an incomplete pass short right to K. Pryor that was wiped out by defensive pass interference on A. Thomas, followed by an incomplete pass short left to D. Sample. Bullock then finished the job on the ground.
The setting matters because this was a preseason game in Philadelphia, and the score did more than widen the margin. The touchdown all but sealed a 3-0 preseason for the Bengals, turning one late drive into the kind of result teams point to when they want a clean final record and a clean finish. The numbers were modest, but the effect was not.
There is still one gap left by the play-by-play: the scoring sequence makes the outcome feel settled, but it does not state the final result after Bullock’s run. What is clear is that the Bengals left that possession with control, the Eagles left it chasing, and Bullock’s short touchdown was the play that put the game out of reach.
