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
“Watching the bengals is like the opposite of an orgasm”
u/Illustrious_Arm4496▲ 315
“Thank god he wasn't playing. Zac must go.”
u/Anim8nFool▲ 122
“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
“Zac Taylor lost the game punting on 4th and 1.”
u/IGetTheShow20▲ 44
“like this if Zac Taylor should be fired today”
u/AbbreviationsLess257▲ 40
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