It was safe to assume that a Joe Burrow-less Bengals team would look very different in Week 3, but not many saw their complete and total drop-off coming. The Bengals were absolutely housed by the Vikings this past week, despite the Vikings starting a backup of their own.
With the Broncos now 1-2, a 1-3 start could do massive damage to any playoff aspirations that the team could reasonably have. Denver is probably two fewer Adam Trautman penalties away from 3-0, but the reality is that the team is not.
Coming off an absolute drubbing at the hands of the Vikings, the Broncos are in a position where they now need to beat up on this depleted Bengals team and capitalize on an unexpected situation that was presented to them.