This is one of the reasons why the 1-3 Bengals didn’t call it off at 0-3, or sleep-walk last week in Cleveland, or try to glide into next week’s bye Sunday (1 p.m.-Cincinnati’s Channel 12) when they play the 3-1 Bills in one of those fork-in-the-road games at Paul Brown Stadium.
Just look at some of the special teams plays against the Browns. How many NFL teams have veterans doing this?
Both nicked-up starting safeties that missed some practice time making plays in the kicking game? How many teams have the guy who made their biggest play from scrimmage on Sunday also throw a key block on the biggest punt return of the day?