Bengals

The emotional rollercoaster

Fan misery across the game window. Up is worse.

What happened

Driver's seat in the fourth, and then C.Benford takes a J.Burrow throw intended for J.Chase 63 yards the other way for a pick-six — followed sixteen seconds of game time later by another J.Chase interception, this one by A.Epenesa. The defense couldn't get off the field on third-and-long, J.Allen scrambled 40 yards for a score untouched, and the linebacker discourse is back with a vengeance. A winnable game, lit on fire in roughly five minutes.

What fans said

• “Tee Higgins damn near died for this.”

  u/duhduhduhDAVID-▲ 429gallows humor

• “Barrett Carter and Demetrius Knight are the worst pair of starting linebackers in NFL history.”

  u/Affectionate_Yak6739▲ 290rage

• “Gonna be a lot of talk about Burrow shitting himself. But the defense had 2 opportunities to keep the Bengals in the game and didn't.”

  u/PeteRosesBookie14▲ 183frustration

• “I cringed every time his head bounced off the turf, and you know it probably feels like concrete in that cold.”

  u/OneBasilisk▲ 136despair

• “Defence has to get the fucking stop on 3rd and 15 man. Give Burrow a chance to go win the game”

  u/gugly▲ 129frustration

• “Doesn't matter what number the pick is when Tobin is making it”

  u/divisionblues▲ 89frustration

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