For the second time in 15 games this season, the Cincinnati Bengals looked like an exceptional football team on Sunday. They strutted into Hard Rock Stadium, fresh off a 24-0 loss, and beat the soul out of the Miami Dolphins by a score of 45-21.
For all the chatter about Joe Burrow and his uncertain future, at least for one Week 16 afternoon, he self-actualized as the superstar quarterback who could capitalize on any and every opportunity when his defense gave him any help whatsoever.
Sure, it helped the Bengals' maligned defense that they faced an opposing QB in Quinn Ewers who was making his first NFL start.