DENVER (AP) — Jake Browning and the Cincinnati offense marched right down the field with relative ease for a field goal on the opening drive Monday night.

They wouldn’t run a play on the other side of midfield again.

A smothering defense led by Nik Bonitto and Pat Surtain helped the Denver Broncos to a 28-3 win over the Bengals. Cincinnati had four first downs on the first possession and just five the rest of the game.

“We make it hard on the opposing offense,” said Surtain, whose defense limited the Bengals to 102 total yards after the first drive went for 57. “That’s the standard that we’ve got to keep on upholding ourselves to in order to win those big-time games.”

For Browning and the Bengals (2-2), it’s another aggravating loss. They were dominated in a 48-10 shellacking at Minnes

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