For all the deserved praise Cincinnati Bengals defensive coordinator Al Golden deserves for banding his unit together to improve in recent weeks, Sunday's 39-34 loss to the Buffalo Bills seemed to prove that spike in form was an aberration.
While it does come down primarily to how players execute on the field, Golden didn't put Cincinnati in enough good spots in Buffalo to emerge victorious.
In fact, if not for DJ Turner forcing a James Cook fumble for a touchback on the goal line, the final score probably would've looked worse. Containing Bills quarterback Josh Allen is almost impossible, but Golden didn't help himself or his defense at all with one awful blunder in particular.