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Article: BLAKE BACK IN BIG-PLAY FORM.(SPORTS)
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- The Cincinnati Post (Cincinnati, OH)
- Article date:
- November 25, 1996
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Byline: Todd Jones Post staff reporter
Bengals quarterback Jeff Blake didn't walk onto the football field in search of personal redemption Sunday against the Atlanta Falcons.
One week earlier, Blake had suffered his worst statistical outing as an NFL starter in a humiliating 31-17 loss to the Buffalo Bills. Atlanta, with a weak secondary, seemingly offered him a chance to bury the past. But Blake had already done that.
''I wasn't thinking about last week (at Buffalo),'' Blake said. ''I was thinking about the Atlanta Falcons. My motivation was knowing we could play the way we did today every week.''
Blake showed in a 41-31 win over ...