The Cincinnati Bengals were fighting several uphill battles in 2023. When we look back on the 2023 Bengals, we’ll remember the season of endless bad luck and costly injuries.
Still, considering they lost their franchise quarterback in Week 11, and he wasn’t fully healthy until the team was well into the second quarter of the season, the Bengals were in the postseason discussion all the way until Week 17.
It wasn’t a down year for everyone. Starting running back Joe Mixon had a statistically down year in 2022, but in 2023 he bounced back, leading the ground attack and, once again, going over 1,000 yards on the season.