The Bengals and Dolphins had a bench clearing brawl the last time they met in December of 2020. It was brought on by Cincinnati’s wide receiver Michael Thomas getting flagged for hitting a defenseless player twice on punt returns. It was so bad that Dolphins’ head coach Brian Flores came onto the field to let everyone know how he felt.
There were plenty of fines handed out to both teams, but Bengals’ head coach Zac Taylor is trying to assure everyone that there is no beef remaining between these two teams.
“There’s respect there.