Things can change in a hurry in the National Football League. Just two short weeks ago, the Cincinnati Bengals were left for dead in an AFC North Division that was ruled by the Pittsburgh Steelers.
All of a sudden, after Sunday’s inspired 20-16 win over the visiting Buffalo Bills, Cincinnati finds itself just one game out of the mix.
Probably the most unexpected result came in Pittsburgh, where the defending division-champion Steelers were demolished, 30-9, by a Jacksonville squad that could not seem to get out of its own way last week in a loss to the lowly New York Jets.