Last week, people tried talking themselves into the Cincinnati Bengals becoming one of the NFL's contenders. Never mind that it was an overreaction to a win over the Atlanta Falcons. People are starving for there to be more than just a few good teams this season.
The Bengals aren't any better than the rest of the mediocre teams chasing the Bills, Eagles, Chiefs and maybe the Cowboys. They looked miserable on Monday night in a 32-13 loss to a Cleveland Browns team that was 2-5 coming in without any decent wins.
The Bengals are 4-4 after a horrible loss. They're not terrible but not very good either. There are a lot of NFL teams in that bin.The Bengals got off to a bad start and it never got better. Joe Burrow threw an interception in Browns territory on Cincinnati's first possession of the game. The Browns' lead was just 8-0 at that point. The game shouldn't have been practically over, given how well Burrow had played the past two weeks and the deficiencies on the Browns' defense. But the game was never competitive after that. The Bengals never showed any signs of life before or after that Chubb touchdown to start the scoring.
Monday night was an out-of-nowhere performance for both teams. Cleveland hadn't been that good at any point through seven weeks and the Bengals hadn't been that bad either. Monday night probably doesn't mean the Browns are roaring back, but we'll see. It probably said more about the flaws of the Bengals. Cincinnati did nothing well on Monday night.
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