Tuesday Trenches: Sigh of relief

They did it.

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The Cincinnati Bengals beat the LA Rams on Monday night and avoided starting the 2023 season with an 0-3 record. In doing so, they’ve stoked the flames of hope that they can do something really special this year. Quarterback Joe Burrow didn’t have any setbacks and started to really look more like himself at times in the second half.

But that wasn’t the story. The defense was.

Here are a few big things that stood out in the Bengals win over the Rams

Holy cow, the defense was dominant. After looking like they did last week for the beginning of the Rams' first drive of the game (not good), the Bengals defense finally got their feet under them when D.J. Reader…