CINCINNATI -- The drought is over.
The Cincinnati Bengals beat the New York Jets 22-6 on Sunday at Paul Brown Stadium for their first win of the season. Coming into Sunday's game, Cincinnati was the lone remaining winless team this season. With four games remaining after this weekend, the Bengals were at risk of joining the 2008 Detroit Lions and 2017 Cleveland Browns as the only teams to go 0-16 in NFL history.
But after a strong performance against the Jets, Cincinnati will avoid those footnotes. Sunday's win was also the first victory for rookie coach Zac Taylor.