NASHVILLE, TN – This is no miracle. There is no magic involved, no fluke led by a hot quarterback who, by the way, was sacked nine more times Saturday. Forget everything you thought you knew about Cinderella. This ain’t that.
This is just how it is.
The Cincinnati Bengals are this good. How good? Good enough to beat the top-seeded Tennessee Titans in their own building. Resilient enough to survive blowing a 10-point lead in the 3rd quarter, while Joe Burrow was getting criminally rag-dolled by the Titans defense. Nine sacks was an ugly byproduct of a brute-iful game.