Let's face it, the Cincinnati Bengals' 2025 season is effectively over after a 34-12 loss to the Pittsburgh Steelers in Week 11. Not much else to look forward to other than Joe Burrow's borderline meaningless return to play irrelevant December football.
It'll be great to see Joe Brrr in action again, assuming he suits up. Just a shame that we're staring down a third straight season of Burrow's prime without a playoff berth.
Anyway, much of the fun of NFL fandom is imagining a better tomorrow. So let's do that for the Bengals in this post-Week 11, seven-round mock draft to address the core issues plaguing Cincinnati's historically bad defense in particular.