Week 8 · 2025–26 season
Bengals
L 38-39 vs Jets · Oct 26, 2025
Misery Index · Despair
Bengals fans are calling for Taylor's job and torching the front office after blowing 39 to an 0-7 Jets team.
The emotional rollercoaster
Fan misery across the game window. Up is worse.
What happened
Down one with the ball, J.Flacco's incompletion to A.Iosivas at 0:32 effectively closed it, but the autopsy starts earlier — a defense that let J.Fields and the Jets walk into 39 points, including the T.Johnson touchdown and a I.Davis catch-and-run to the CIN 6 that sealed field position. The T.Higgins 44-yard score feels like a relic from a different game. The roster questions fans are screaming about aren't going away on a bye.
What fans said
“Front office fires Lou after years of poor draft picks and just letting an all pro safety walk”
u/armed_aperture▲ 305rage
“Un fucking real. Fire Zac tonight”
u/JBFRESHSKILLS▲ 233rage
“Fire everyone, burn everything to the ground and start over with Joe, Tee, and Chase”
u/AT_Chill▲ 213rage
“this was one of the most pathetic defensive performances i've seen in my entire life. Fuck this joke of an organization”
u/jackgundy▲ 206rage
“This is my Joker origin story.”
u/horsethiefjack▲ 383despair
“This is probably the worst loss in Zac’s era.”
u/mazhas▲ 250despair
14 more
“I hate this fucking team. Worst loss of my lifetime.”
u/CWG4BF▲ 64despair
“Letting up 39 to this jets offence is a friable offence. We know nothing will happen though”
u/gugly▲ 866frustration
“Stop going to the fucking stadium and make them sell the team”
u/AnIrishGuy18▲ 71rage
“Fireable offense; this product is becoming wholly unwatchable”
u/MadeByTango▲ 71rage
“Genuinely genuinely dispise Zac and the brown family. Nothing but misery and disappointment in our golden age”
u/ask0009▲ 89betrayal
“Only Zac can lose a game like this”
u/ecb1912▲ 325frustration
“The ultimate high of beating the Steelers to the ultimate low of losing to an 0-7 jets.”
u/TGCampbell8▲ 213despair
“Fields is benched last week and then today our defense makes him look like a pro bowler. I knew this was going to happen. This is a fucking joke of a team.”
u/DrkEarth▲ 62rage
“Season is over. Nice work guys. FIRE ZAC TAYLOR!”
u/DRmanhattanJR▲ 137despair
“Please fire Zac Taylor. Conceding 39 points against the worst team in the league.”
u/Ploufy▲ 97rage
“FIRE ZAC TAYLOR FIRE DUKE TOBIN FIRE AL GOLDEN FIRE THE ENTIRE COACHING STAFF CUT THE ENTIRE TEAM ASIDE FROM JAMARR, TEE, AND BURROW STAND ME IN FRONT OF THE CANNON THEY’RE FIRED FROM #GOD DANG IT I HATE EVERYTHING”
u/dragonbornrito▲ 38nuclear
“2nd to last offensive possession was even worse. Our run game was killing them and we throw on the first 2 downs??”
u/SlappyBag9▲ 173frustration
“Worst coach in the NFL, completely inexcusable.”
u/HopscotchChampion69▲ 82rage
“Fire Zac. It’s time. You can’t let that shit happen in your own house”
u/Barles21▲ 41rage