Week 12 · 2025–26 season
Bengals
L 20-26 vs Patriots · Nov 23, 2025
Misery Index · Despair
Bengals fans done debating Zac Taylor and now just punting the season into the river with him.
The emotional rollercoaster
Fan misery across the game window. Up is worse.
What happened
Two pick-sixes sealed it before the fourth quarter mattered — M.Jones jumping a J.Flacco throw for the 33-yard return, then G.Stone answering D.Maye's gift to make it a turnover-touchdown trade Cincinnati lost on style points. The late M.Tinsley touchdown and 12-yard grab briefly hinted at a comeback before J.Flacco's incompletion to M.Gesicki ended it. Vrabel has ten wins in New England. That sentence is the whole problem.
What fans said
“Thank god he wasn't playing. Zac must go.”
u/Anim8nFool▲ 122
“Watching the bengals is like the opposite of an orgasm”
u/Illustrious_Arm4496▲ 315
“Every week, I get pulled back in and end up disappointed. Why do I do this to myself?”
u/InkedBotanicalMama▲ 108
“10 wins for Vrabel in his first year, incredible. What a turn around.”
u/PuppiesAndPixels▲ 54
“Him, Duke, and Mike Brown himself should all hop into Brown's gator he rides around the facilities and leave Cincy for good”
u/fattymcribwich▲ 39
“Why do we constantly get completely fucked by referees? Fuck this fucking league I fucking hate this shit.”
u/emforshort▲ 28
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“Legitimately the worst offensive playcaller in the league legit the worst. Fuck off forever”
u/ask0009▲ 27
“like this if Zac Taylor should be fired today”
u/AbbreviationsLess257▲ 40
“this lead official is a smug prick”
u/NuclearDud▲ 31
“I haven’t seen a pick 6 in forever fuck that was beautiful. We’re so depraved as fans of this team”
u/No_Culture9898▲ 30
“refs manipulating the game. not even trying to hide it lmao”
u/goinpro224▲ 20
“Zac Taylor lost the game punting on 4th and 1.”
u/IGetTheShow20▲ 44
“Money Mac has fucking been awesome this year”
u/IGetTheShow20▲ 18
“Zac ceded the game with that punt. Dude is such a bad coach.”
u/Crazy_Meringue▲ 17
“the fuck you mean finish the season strong? we're 3-8 the seasons over”
u/JoeBurrowingIntoUrGF▲ 20
“Man fuck this cursed season”
u/160295▲ 16
“Jesus what a dirty fucking play.”
u/cringemagician▲ 19
“Why is his ass allowed to walk in here every single week and just suck?”
u/elishalewisusaf▲ 15
“Dirty bitch ass coverage there. Get beat and hold like a man.”
u/DickTriggering▲ 15
“Game was lost on that coward ass 4th down call. Get this dude out of Cincinnati.”
u/m4rxUp▲ 15