Week 7 · 2025–26 season
Bengals
W 33-31 vs Steelers · Oct 16, 2025
Misery Index · Euphoric
Bengals fans toasting J.Flacco, Duke Tobin, and the Browns in equal measure after stealing one from Pittsburgh.
The emotional rollercoaster
Fan misery across the game window. Up is worse.
What happened
J.Flacco, of all people, threaded the deep middle to A.Iosivas and found T.Higgins for 28 to set up E.McPherson's 36-yarder with eleven seconds left — after A.Rodgers had just gutted the defense with a 68-yard P.Freiermuth touchdown that should have ended things. The relief is real, the trade looks shrewd, and J.Chase has a quarterback again. Whether the defense that nearly coughed this up holds water in November is the next question.
What fans said
“#TEE IS THE ULTIMATE TEEM PLAYER 😭♥️”
u/jloadin3▲ 535joy
“JOE FLACCO WON THE UNC BOWL 😭😭”
u/Quesodeeyaa▲ 645joy
“To be in the twilight of your career and then stumble into Chase has to be awesome! Who dey!”
u/LOP5131▲ 314joy
“I’m so thrilled for our Bengals that I’m not even mildly disappointed for my fantasy team.”
u/OtisPimpBoot▲ 119joy
“I REPEAT! DUKE TOBIN MADE A GOOD TRADE!”
u/mojizus▲ 171joy
“The Flacco run was probably the single greatest play ZT has ever called”
u/LOP5131▲ 264joy
14 more
“LETS FUCKING GOOOO. 2-0 IN THE DIVISION. I LOVE TEE HIGGINS. THAT SLIDE WAS SO FUCKING SEXY HOT.”
u/Monkeyfeng▲ 75joy
“What a fucking game!!!”
u/crazydavy▲ 62joy
“Either the Steelers are frauds or we are so back. W either way”
u/ww1superstar▲ 420hope
“Thank You Cleveland Fuck the Steelers”
u/EricTheNerd2▲ 49joy
“#WHAT AN EFFORT BY OFFENSE AND DEFENSE!!!”
u/jloadin3▲ 112pride
“The icy-hot bowl was hella entertaining”
u/blahblah984▲ 230joy
“Thanks for fucking over the Steelers y’all.”
u/my-hero-macadamia▲ 52joy
“FUCK THE STEELERS”
u/Pillars_of_Salt▲ 49joy
“Flacco looked so spot on man… thank you Browns so much lol.”
u/crazydavy▲ 78joy
“What a baller move by Tee. Elite awareness”
u/bcou2012▲ 72joy
“this is the most fun I've had this entire season”
u/donewithlyf3▲ 31joy
“FTS!”
u/weauxmack▲ 25rage
“Ravens fan here and I will never ever retire my Flacco jersey Flacco is e l i t e”
u/my-hero-macadamia▲ 25pride
“Funniest shit seeing this live”
u/No_Lingonberry_6142▲ 38joy