CARSON, Cal. – This time of year in this kind of seasons brings out the cynic in all of you. A Bengals loss is not as inevitable as your wishing for one. Admit it. Your thinking is, every Bengals L is another stick of furniture in the Marvin moving van. It doesn’t often work that way in Bengaldom, but that’s never stopped you from supposing.
So what do you suppose now?
The Bengals took the Los Angeles Chargers down to the nub Sunday. The Bengals lost, 26-21, but not the way you’ve come to expect lately. The defense played courageously and all but shut down Philip Rivers after the first quarter.