It isn’t limited to Cincinnati Bengals fans.
Some sportswriters are even spreading the narrative that the Kansas City Chiefs took a dive against the Denver Broncos last Sunday to keep the Bengals out of the playoffs — because the Chiefs were afraid to face them in the postseason.
One such writer is Pulitzer Prize-winning ESPN investigative reporter Don Van Natta Jr.
The Chiefs taking a dive today is a lowlight of this NFL season.
Whether their incentive was only rest or also blocking the dreaded Bengals from the playoffs, it’s just a supremely bad look— and likely self-sabotaging— for a team hoping to three-peat.