Bengals

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

• “I think they should give the game ball to the Browns kicker.”

  u/blackrifle▲ 950sarcasm

• “Bengals defense bailing out a bad offense again, just as expected smh”

  u/CommodoreN7▲ 628frustration

• “Better than the last three years of ugly losses.”

  u/TheMadChatta▲ 299hope

• “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

• “You have to give our guys credit too - those were clutch, quick reactions that you see defenders miss all the time.”

  u/herton▲ 127pride

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