Zac Taylor goes for two: We came here to win

Bengals coach Zac Taylor isn’t second-guessing his decision to go for two in the final minute of Thursday night’s 35-34 loss to the Ravens.

“Come here to win. Come here to win,” Taylor said when asked why he decided to go for the failed two-point conversion.

When the Bengals initially lined up for the two-point conversion, Joe Burrow called some signals, but eventually called timeout before the game clock ran down. Taylor said the Bengals were just trying to get a free yard by drawing the Ravens offside and knew they were going to call timeout.

The Bengals have now lost two heartbreakers to the Ravens, by one point Thursday night and in overtime in Week Five. Taylor acknowledged how difficult it is to lose like that to a division rival twice.

“It’s sickening that this has happened twice to us,” Taylor said. “We’ve got to find a way to close these games out. . . . We’ve just got to find a way to make that last play to win the game.”

The loss dropped the Bengals to 4-6 on the season, and Taylor said it doesn’t reflect the kind of team he has.

“We have a good football team,” Taylor said. “Our record doesn’t show that yet.”