The Cincinnati Bengals ended many years of futility in the early goings of the Joe Burrow era. By his second season, they came within two minutes of a Super Bowl trophy. A year later, they managed to make it back to the conference finals, narrowly losing to the eventual champion Chiefs.
But the Bengals didn’t even make it to the dance last year. Granted, it was largely because of Joe Burrow’s injury, which caused him to miss much of the season. Regardless, veteran OL Ted Karras says the failure did not go over well at all in the locker room.