The Cincinnati Bengals are on thin ice entering Week 9 against the Chicago Bears, and once again, much of it has to do with uncertainty at the quarterback position.
Cincinnati's 2025 campaign has been borderline waking nightmarish. Halloween's haunts arrived way early in the Queen City when Joe Burrow went down with a turf toe injury in Week 2. Jake Browning took his place and proceeded to lose four straight games.
Although Joe Flacco's arrival brought about hope in a huge win over the Steelers, all that goodwill was squandered in last Sunday's shocking 39-38 loss to the Jets.