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NFL Week 5 upset picks: How Cardinals beat the Bengals

The Miami Dolphins have been horrendous to start the 2019 season. They've been so horrendous that nobody has noticed that the Cincinnati Bengals have also been awful, at a level that would usually mark them as the worst team in the league -- if not for the Dolphins' lost season.

Fans may be slow to come to realize the Bengals' situation because they played a surprisingly close opener in Seattle four weeks ago, losing just 21-20. But they were destroyed by San Francisco and Pittsburgh, blowing a fourth-quarter lead to Buffalo in between. Cincinnati is 31st in Football Outsiders' DVOA ratings, coming out as 51.