The Bengals had a much closer loss than many anticipated. Part of that could be attributed to the Giants being forced to remind everyone that Colt McCoy is still in the NFL as he had to replaced an injured Daniel Jones. However, the defense really did its job holding New York under 20 points. Even if it was super ugly at times.
There is still plenty to takeaway from this games snap count. It may be the first one without Joe Burrow involved, but you can see the difference in some things that the Bengals’ offense is doing already.