The Cincinnati Bengals gave up yardage totals of 551, 576, and 509 over the span of three games leading to Head Coach Marvin Lewis making the decision to fire defensive coordinator Teryl Austin in the middle of the season. Austin, who had just been brought in this offseason, oversaw the first defense in NFL history to allow over 500 yards in three consecutive games.
So the Bengals were excited after they only allowed a Baltimore Ravens team with a rookie quarterback making his first NFL start to put up 403 yards of offense on them, including an astonishing 265 rushing yards, almost half of which came from Lamar Jackson, that aforementioned rookie.