Evan McPherson, the Bengals' rookie kicker many refer to as "Money Mac," kicked three first-half field goals against the Titans to give Cincinnati a 9-6 lead at the half in Nashville.
His fourth field goal of the game - from 52 yards away as time expired - sent the Bengals to the AFC Championship for the first time since the 1988 Playoffs with a 19-16 win.
"Ice in his veins. Rookie kicker. Unbelievable," Bengals quarterback Joe Burrow said of McPherson. "He came in and we knew exactly what we had in camp. You can tell how a kicker is when he walks in the building and how he walks, how he talks to people. That guy's unbelievable."
McPherson kicked first-quarter field goals of 38 and 45 yards to give Cincinnati a 6-0 lead. After the Titans tied the game but failed to convert a 2-point conversion thanks to Clay Johnston's stop of Derrick Henry, McPherson kicked his third field goal - from 54 yards - to put the Bengals ahead 9-6.
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