History does repeat itself.
Thirty-four years ago, the Cincinnati Bengals knocked off the visiting Detroit Lions to deny the Lions a playoff berth. Sunday, the Bengals did it again. Their 26-17 win cost Detroit a playoff berth and helped salvage some measure of respect from an otherwise lost season.
There were plenty of good performances Sunday, including late sacks from Carlos Dunlap and Carl Lawson. But here are five things that I think I know about this Bengals team after one of its better performances of the year.
Vontaze Burfict won’t stop trying his hardest
Vontaze Burfict had not played for the past two weeks since going into the concussion protocol after the illegal—and dirty—hit by JuJu Smith-Schuster in the game against Pittsburgh.