For as much angst as we had around the Cincinnati Bengals' defense coming into the 2025 season, they have a chance to show a national audience on Monday night football against the Denver Broncos that they are a much-improved defense under the tutelage of new defensive coordinator Al Golden.
That is because they are facing a struggling quarterback in Bo Nix, who is not having the type of season that Broncos fans expected.
On the other hand, this is also an opportunity for Nix to have a ‘get-right’ game against a struggling Bengals team. And if Denver’s quarterback shows up and shows out against the Bengals as one of the worst quarterbacks in the league through three games, that could be an embarrassing turn of events for the team in general and the defense in particular.