As he was being escorted into the locker room during the Cincinnati Bengals’ eventual win over the Jacksonville Jaguars, Joe Burrow was in obvious pain. But perhaps the city of Cincinnati was in more agony.
Burrow is yet again missing a sizable chunk of the NFL season, and the Queen City is in a seemingly endless spiral of hope and agony. The Cincinnati Reds’ late-season push for the playoffs has a chance to rewrite that narrative… or to cement it.
According to ESPN’s Sports Misery Index, the Reds and Bengals have a collective 87 misery rating (with 100 being the most miserable) over the long term.