When the dust settled on the Cincinnati Bengals' latest loss in a season too full of them, there wasn't much to focus on except for how dejecting it was to clinch the team's first losing record since 2020.
This past Sunday's 39-34 loss to the Bills at Buffalo confirmed that the Bengals are far away from being in the AFC's upper echelon. Or at least they need to nail the offseason like they haven't in a long time to inject themselves into that conversation.
One huge positive to take from the latest defeat, though, was the resurgence of a somewhat forgotten playmaker.