The Bengals have gotten off to a rough start. Following a close loss on the road to the Seahawks, they were blown out at home by the 49ers, whose offense looked groundbreaking against the Bengals’ lifeless defense.
It is not the end of the world that one of the better offensive minds in the league was able to take advantage of the Bengals’ weakness, but Kyle Shanahan provided a blueprint on how to take advantage of a deficient defense that hasn’t improved from last year. Weaknesses that, due to the lack of investments at linebacker, does not look to get better anytime soon.