The game in Cincinnati should have seen the Raiders put together back-to-back wins for the first time this season. Coming off an unlikely win against the Steelers, the Raiders were riding a high and their next opponent was a team without starting QB Andy Dalton and Pro-Bowl WR AJ Green.
Well, the Bengals didn’t need either player and handily beat the Raiders despite not being very good themselves. Marvin Lewis’s team had answers for everything the Raiders did on both sides of the ball and it was likely because he had coached with both Raiders Head Coach Jon Gruden and defensive coordinator Paul Guenther in the past.