Bengals fans opened the year euphoric at 2-0, then crashed into fury and misery after back-to-back close losses to Pittsburgh and Jacksonville. Four straight wins have them at 5-2 with a mix of relief and whiplash, still unconvinced the team is actually good.
From Reddit fan threads · through Week 8 · 5-2
Season misery
52
Worst week
95
Week 4
Best week
10
Week 2
Bars above the line are miserable weeks; below are happy ones.
Storylines
what fans talked about, week by week
Season-long
Early optimism about a rare fast start soured into doubts and exhausted misery after two losses, then gave way to grudging relief as fans took ugly wins and a strong AFC North position.
“Honestly if this is what we look like in our terrible week 1, im hyped for the rest of the year”
