The Cincinnati Bengals are scrambling for answers in the midst of another lost season, where Joe Burrow's surprise return from a major turf toe injury can't even salvage their playoff hopes entering Week 13.
As has been the case often over the past two-plus seasons of postseason-less football in Cincinnati, the defense is most to blame. That wayward unit had its best performance of the season in Week 12's 26-20 loss to the Patriots, but that still wasn't enough to prevent an eighth defeat in nine games.
With Thanksgiving night's matchup against the divisional rival Ravens looming, a key Bengals pillar of yesteryear is crushing it at his new gig to the point where he might be a head coach in 2026.