LAS VEGAS \u2013 Joe Mixon knew Sunday what was at stake. In Vegas, one always needs to take the odds and stakes into account and not leave the table before you have a chance to get hot.<\/p>\n
Mixon played with an urgency on every snap. He may have been hit behind the line of scrimmage on several occasions and taken his two or three-yard losses. But that\u2019s what kept him going in one of the most critical games of the season at the Death Star known as Allegiant Stadium.<\/p>\n
Mixon kept going to the tune of 121 yards on 27 carries and two touchdowns that carried the Bengals past the stubborn, hard-charging Las Vegas Raiders, 32-13. <\/p>\n
He knew he had to keep going because it was the only chance the Bengals had to take the heat of Joe Burrow, who took a beating in the first half but did what he always seems to do, bounce back up off the turf. <\/p>\n
What Mixon provided the Bengals was the best kind of pick-me-up on a day when the Raiders seemed to be driving in an express lane to the quarterback. <\/p>\n
In the first half, Mixon had three negative runs and had just 26 yards on 11 carries, with 11 of those 26 coming on the second quarter touchdown that put the Bengals ahead for good, 10-6. <\/p>\n
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