Week 2 · 2025–26 season
Bengals
W 31-27 vs Jaguars · Sep 14, 2025
Misery Index · Uneasy
Bengals fans toasting a 2-0 start with J.Browning while quietly bracing for whatever the Burrow news brings.
The emotional rollercoaster
Fan misery across the game window. Up is worse.
What happened
J.Browning threw three touchdowns and three interceptions and still walked off a winner, capped by his one-yard plunge with nineteen seconds left. The 42-yard strike to T.Higgins was the highlight; the picks to A.Wingard and D.Lloyd were the kind of swings that usually bury a team. Bengals fans got the win and the chaos in equal measure, and the bigger question — whether J.Burrow returns at all — looms over everything that happens next.
What fans said
“# AIR BROWNING”
u/Ocelot859▲ 301joy
“If Joe doesn't return to this game, it will be time to fire everybody. The man hasn't had a competent line his entire career. That comes down to coaching, drafting, ownership, everything. This is ridiculous.”
u/XJ--0461▲ 64rage
“3TDs and 3INTs, Jake don’t give a fuck”
u/Rohan1221UC▲ 250joy
“Jake Browning is a quirked up white boy who is GOATed with the sauce.”
u/Dick_O_The_North▲ 237joy
“WHO DEY!”
u/AtlanteanLord▲ 176joy
“Immediately allows a sack that injures Joe. Fucking cursed.”
u/HardKnockRiffe▲ 52rage
14 more
“Zac Taylor is an awful play caller and he’s a sissy”
u/JediMasterMatt▲ 47rage
“To the down escalators in the chat and game, fuck y'all! WHO DEY”
u/the_dawn_of_red▲ 47rage
“He had some bad INTs but fuck it, he did it. I'll take it.”
u/bhender4mk4▲ 82joy
“ALL. Browning threw three ints”
u/DickTriggering▲ 30rage
“No matter what we do, we can't manage to win football games”
u/elrobezo14▲ 171frustration
“I will not apologize for being 2-0”
u/WhoThatGuy▲ 157pride
“Let’s fucking go!!!!”
u/SaberCrunch▲ 28joy
“WHO DEY! FOR EVERY UPVOTE THIS GETS ILL DRINK A COLDY AND EAT A CONEY”
u/Zenzitaro▲ 40joy
“The 4th down play call at the start of the drive was fantastic.”
u/Horsefeathers34▲ 67joy
“Joe refuses to learn how to play anything under center or run some decent play action.”
u/SoFlyKight▲ 65frustration
“Bro dunked it on their bitch ass.”
u/Ocelot859▲ 36joy
“Same fucking problems 5 years running”
u/pro-laps▲ 23rage
“Backup QB throws 3 INT and we still win!! WHO DEY!!!”
u/Working-Chemistry473▲ 34joy
“The Bengals are going to ruin Burrows career”
u/808Kuro▲ 27despair