When the Bengals dropped another game to their newest rival, the Houston Texans, it was a nasty and ugly prime-time defeat. The Bengals’ defense was able to keep up the pace and look like a championship unit. But, the offense? Well, that’s another story. They bumbled and plodded their way to three field goals, en route to a 13-9 letdown.
Before the Thursday Night Football showdown was in the books, fans were calling for heads to roll. The result was the firing of offensive coordinator Ken Zampese on Friday.
The reasoning was simple. No doctorate in physics was needed to make the call on what had happened over the first two weeks of the season.