“Clark, I think it’d be best if everyone went home...... before things get worse.”
“WORSE!?! How could things get any worse? Take a look around here, Ellen. We’re at the threshold of Hell!”
The Cincinnati Bengals are in a bad place, and they’ve found themselves there two years in a row. Once because of injuries and once because the Bengals couldn’t find a way to win with a quarterback having an MVP-caliber season and a wide receiver winning the Triple Crown.
Both seasons ended with a 9-8 record, which is just bad enough to keep you out of the playoffs and just good enough to keep you away from picking in the top 10 of the upcoming draft, where you could really land a game-changer.