Fansided · Nov 9, 2025
3 bright spots (and 2 harsh truths) amid Bengals critical bye week
Cincinnati Bengals wide receiver Tee Higgins (5) and wide receiver Ja'Marr Chase (1) watch the score board as their team lose to the Detroit Lions 24-37 at Paycor Stadium on October 5, 2025. | Cara Owsley/ The Enquirer / USA TODAY NETWORK via Imagn ImagesAll the Cincinnati Bengals can do is sit back and watch on their Week 10 bye, wondering how they could possibly have blown the chance to be a 5-4 football team instead of a lowly 3-6 outfit.
It's not a mystery as to why Cincinnati is in this mess, and has zero margin for error coming out of the bye. The defense is historically atrocious. We'll talk about the bigger-picture implications of that in the harsh truth portion of this article.
