It's been two full weeks since the Cincinnati Bengals essentially lost Joe Burrow for the season. He's not technically out for the year but with a mid-December return being the earliest he could return and the team playing downright terrible in their first full game without him, the expectation of him jumping into the lineup to potentially lead this team on a playoff run is quite low.
Losing Burrow is already painful enough given how this team goes as Burrow goes, but to make matters worse, the AFC North isn't nearly as daunting this year as it has been in past years.