With only 16 games on the slate to begin with, dropping two in a row is a concern, even for a previously undefeated team at the midway point of the NFL season. Yet, while some of the Bengals faithful may have allowed the sugarplum thoughts of an undefeated season to dance through their heads at different points, reason, logic and sanity chalked up a few L’s for the rest of us and we knew the sledding would get rough here and there.
Run with the primetime narrative if you so choose, but that’s flimsy analysis. In fact, the very premise of the idea that the Bengals shrink in the bright lights is to assume a lack of character strength and mental toughness within the team.