Week 1 · 2025–26 season
Bengals
W 17-16 at Browns · Sep 7, 2025
Misery Index · Miserable
Bengals fans treating a Week 1 win like a hostage situation, already calling for Taylor's head after squeaking past.
The emotional rollercoaster
Fan misery across the game window. Up is worse.
What happened
A win that required A.Szmyt to shank a 36-yarder wide right and D.Turner to pick off J.Flacco with 90 seconds left, because nothing about this game suggested Cincinnati was actually going to close it themselves. The defense generated two Flacco interceptions and a B.Hill sack in the final three minutes, which is the only reason this isn't a Week 1 disaster. One point separated competence from catastrophe, and that math won't hold for seventeen more Sundays.
What fans said
“Give me a fuckin break!!”
u/sinergy001▲ 93rage
“Him and Flacco have ruined so many Sundays in my lifetime.”
u/VeryRealHuman23▲ 75rage
“the fact that we actually won at all feels like a god damn miracle”
u/5k1895▲ 73joy
“Thank you Al golden. Everyone else should walk back to cinci.”
u/zstewie▲ 67rage
“Legit kick rocks Zach you fking suck. Bench CTB”
u/ask0009▲ 98rage
“out of every dogshit call this game, THIS ISN'T CALLED?”
u/LadyxFinger▲ 52rage
14 more
“Bengals defense bailing out a bad offense again, just as expected smh”
u/CommodoreN7▲ 628frustration
“There hasn’t been a single Browns game in the Joe Burrow era that is “good” or “fun”. They’re some of the most stressful games of the season.”
u/seefourslam▲ 54despair
“CLEVELAND SUCKS LMAOOOOOOOOOOOOOO”
u/crumgobrin235342▲ 51joy
“This offensive coaching staff is such a fucking joke. 3 straight sacks by the one guy you know you have to stop is fucking inexcusable”
u/Mike_Honcho_3▲ 24rage
“Yeah, that was an impressive group effort. They set those INTs like they were playing volleyball.”
u/kjc3274▲ 154pride
“14 weeks from now when the playoff picture is looking dicey nobody is going to remember how close this game was because they won, but if they lost... well look at the Patriots game from last year that's still being talked about today.”
u/throwaway_is_the_way▲ 148frustration
“Zac Taylor needs to be fired for that win”
u/Quesodeeyaa▲ 69frustration
“You have to give our guys credit too - those were clutch, quick reactions that you see defenders miss all the time.”
u/herton▲ 127pride
“Refs ignore a late hit out of bounds helmet to helmet and call a false ass illegal shift but are here for player safety lmfao”
u/One-Plankton-8757▲ 24rage
“Better than the last three years of ugly losses.”
u/TheMadChatta▲ 299hope
“I think they should give the game ball to the Browns kicker.”
u/blackrifle▲ 950sarcasm
“Forgive me Father for I have sinned watching Bengals football”
u/Bokki_64▲ 29despair
“Refs: the Bengals defense looks decent, we will change that…”
u/goodinfluence▲ 19rage
“This sport is so fucking garbage. One possession per quarter, 10 flags per drive that shouldn't be called.”
u/lunariki▲ 19rage