Tua Tagovailoa’s benching amplifies Bengals-Dolphins Joe Burrow lore

Miami Dolphins v Cincinnati Bengals | Dylan Buell/GettyImagesThe Cincinnati Bengals love to stick and pick in the NFL Draft. Although that has backfired plenty of times due in large part to their lack of scouting department resources, sometimes it's such a no-brainer that you can't mess it up.

This was the case in 2020, when Joe Burrow was sitting there for the Bengals to take No. 1 overall. A big reason Cincinnati was in a position to make that pick in the first place was due to the hapless Miami Dolphins beating the Bengals 38-35 in overtime, and winning a meaningless regular-season finale at New England right after that to finish 5-11.

By that point, the Bengals were already well on their…