We didn’t quite get the third week of the preseason game that a lot of people were expecting. We got better as the Bengals beat the Bills 26-13.
Many teams play their starters into the third quarter in the third week of the preseason, but the Bengals starters were so impressive that there wasn’t much of a point in playing them that long. Most starters exited shortly after the second quarter got underway.
We did see plenty of trends beginning to form from our first extended look at the Bengals starters though, and some roster battles have become slightly more clear as the final preseason game approaches.