Week 3 · 2025–26 season
Bengals
L 10-48 at Vikings · Sep 21, 2025
Misery Index · Despair
Bengals fans done debating Taylor's job security and resigned to two more years of this exact feeling.
The emotional rollercoaster
Fan misery across the game window. Up is worse.
What happened
J.Browning's first-quarter pick-six to I.Rodgers turned the game inside of three minutes, and the same defender forcing a N.Fant fumble in the second quarter felt less like bad luck than a diagnosis. Down 48-10 with the season's nine-month buildup collapsing into Week 3, the conversation around the fanbase has already shifted from playoff math to whether Zac Taylor makes it to Denver with anything resembling a functional roster.
What fans said
“Offense is ass, defense is ass. The whole team is ass. Onto Denver I guess let's try not to lose by 40”
u/PROFESSIONAL_RAP254▲ 256rage
“Well fuck me for having hope this season lol”
u/Ammar-The-Star▲ 296betrayal
“Waiting 9 months being so excited for this season only for it to spiral down into the deep depths of hell is just so fucking typical for how things go for me.”
u/Camdaman0530▲ 77despair
“I don’t understand how people still defend Zac on here. He’s a bad head coach. It’s as simple as that.”
u/Crazy_Meringue▲ 216frustration
“Worst loss so far”
u/ArmeniaGeorgiaLine▲ 102despair
“I’m so broken I never had hope to begin with, but this still sucks”
u/CommodoreN7▲ 57despair
14 more
“At least we have each other”
u/ArmeniaGeorgiaLine▲ 747hope
“No he’s being held back by the overpaid and overrated Joe Burrow who plays selfishly, takes too many sacks, and refuses to run Zac’s offense!”
u/Careless_Review3166▲ 60rage
“The O line is genuinely disgraceful.”
u/gugly▲ 98rage
“The front office CANNOT use Burrow being out as the excuse as to how this absolute embarrassment took place today.”
u/stormithy▲ 50rage
“The bad news, ZT’s contract runs through 2026 & Mike Brown isn’t going to can ZT after this season. Gunna be a long, couple seasons.”
u/DaleDenton13▲ 50despair
“Who Dey from Gran Alacant, Spain!”
u/Electronic-Spite7548▲ 48joy
“7 points gifted by Fat ass Torbert”
u/UrTeamBadMyTeamGood▲ 29rage
“BENGALS BY A FUCKING MILLION”
u/maniacalxmatt▲ 28joy
“That was one of the dumbest things I've heard on this sub.”
u/redbengal15▲ 69rage
“ZAC!!! WE’RE DOWN 14 AND YOU RUN IT RIGHT UP KARRAS’ ASS TWO STRAIGHT PLAYS??? This man is a terrorist I’m serious.”
u/m4rxUp▲ 26nuclear
“Romo AND Torbert…this game is going to be fucking insufferable.”
u/BlackSunlight7▲ 39rage
“We sucked at offense, defense, special teams, AND coaching!”
u/Cincyme333▲ 24rage
“Sooo glad I didn’t waste money on tickets this year”
u/wesley_iles▲ 118frustration
“We have the worst offense I’ve ever seen. This is supposed to be a multi, multi million dollar offensive production. This should be a Marvel Universe level offense. And instead it’s a high school production of Jesus Fucking Christ Superstar.”
u/RanchHere▲ 35frustration