Since when is being 0-8 a fluke?
Entering their bye week, the Bengals are still one of two winless teams in the NFL. They’re not less lucky than the average team; they’ve lost just as many games by one score as they have by multiple scores.
There’s not a single part of their roster that is performing well relative to the rest of the league, and considering they trusted a first-year head coach to maximize a roster that barely even changed from last year, that’s not too surprising.
In terms of evaluating where the roster is at, that about covers it.