Week 9 · 2025–26 season
Bengals
L 42-47 vs Bears · Nov 2, 2025
Misery Index · Despair
Bengals fans openly debating whether this defense is historically bad while Flacco's 470 yards rots in the box score.
The emotional rollercoaster
Fan misery across the game window. Up is worse.
What happened
J.Flacco threw for four touchdowns, J.Chase ripped off chunk plays, and E.McPherson's onside kick somehow worked — and Cincinnati still lost by five because the defense surrendered a 58-yard C.Loveland touchdown with 25 seconds left. When a 42-point afternoon featuring a successful onside recovery and a late A.Iosivas score still ends in a loss, the question stops being whether the defense can be fixed this year and starts being whether it can be fixed at all.
What fans said
“FIRE THE COACHES PLEASE”
u/gugly▲ 997rage
“Joe throws for 470 and you lose again…”
u/jloadin3▲ 555frustration
“Get a rare onside kick and score, all to give up a long TD. Fcking garbage”
u/jloadin3▲ 448rage
“Back to back demoralizing losses. If you don’t love that you don’t love Bengals football!”
u/horsethiefjack▲ 371frustration
“What a pathetic excuse of a coaching staff. What a pathetic organization.”
u/DRmanhattanJR▲ 282despair
“Fire anyone. This is ridiculous”
u/Bored_in_a_dorm▲ 202rage
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