Sorry, Zac, but I’m just not buying it.
“We’re a good football team,” Cincinnati Bengals coach Zac Taylor said after another disappointing, heart-breaking, last-minute loss, this time to the Los Angeles Chargers Sunday night.
This is not a good football team. Maybe it still can be, but as of right now, it is not.
A good football team excels in all three areas — offense, defense and special teams. The Bengals excel in none of those areas, the most obvious of which is the defense.
The latest meltdown came against the Chargers. After Cincinnati had clawed back into the game from 21 points down and tied the score at 27-27, the defense allowed three straight explosive plays of 20, 27 and 29 yards.