Bleav in Cincy

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Jason and Alex are back to discuss the Bengals' Week 6 loss to the Packers, why they're more optimistic, despite the loss, than you'd think, and what the Bengals need to do to beat the Steelers on TNF.

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Jason is joined by a new co-host, Alex, a former Ohio State defensive end. After his introduction, the two discuss the Bengals' acquisition of Joe Flacco, the fact he was driven to Cincinnati, and what they think he could possibly bring to the 2025 Bengals.

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Matt and Willie Know Ball, but even we did not see this one coming.

The Bengals made a big splash adding a veteran quarterback who knows the AFC North as well as anyone.

The Bengals have a herculean task ahead of them as the head to Green Bay, but hey, Flacco has already beat the Packers this season. After that the Bengals have some winnable games on the horizon. They have two matchups with the Steelers coming up, which could determine their fate. (Who would have guessed that the AFC Championship would go through Pittsburg of all places?)

Then, what was once considered the most challenging part of the Bengals schedule comes as they play the Ravens twice in 18 days with the Buffalo Bills sandwiched in the middle. Oh, and by the way, the first of those matchups with Baltimore happens to be on the road on a short week. No biggy.

Well, the Ravens aren't looking so tough all of the sudden, as their injury report grows like it just made a wish on a Zoltar machine. Could Flacco take care of business against the team he took to the Super Bowl all those years ago?

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Uff da.

The Bengals went up to Minnesota, in a battle of backup quarterbacks, trying to get a win and build confidence for the Jake Browning run.

Could things have gone better? You betcha.

The Minnesota Meltdown, as Willie has coined it, could not have been much uglier.

Carson Wentz, of North Dakota State fame, looked like villain from the Fargo franchise (most of which actually takes place in Minnesota), but it was the Vikings defense that put the Bengals in the woodchipper.

The Bengals fumbled five times, losing three of them. Browning also threw two interceptions. All of these turnovers led to points for Norway's finest, two of them immediately. In all, the Bengals gave up 31 points as a result of turnovers. They were also in field goal range on two of those occasions, meaning that they gave up at least six more points that they could have scored. All and all that is a 37 point swing from turnovers in a game they lost by 38 points.

These numbers are insane.

That was the biggest problem, but not the only problem.

The run game was, uh, did not exist.

The defense gave up touchdowns on four of five Red Zone appearances, which is less than ideal.

There were some good performances on that side of the ball, but when they needed to make a play the fumbled away their chance like... well like the Bengals offense.

The way the Bengals lost this game is unsustainable. The run game is troubling, for sure, but there is no way they continue to turn the ball over at that rate. They had some good luck in the first two weeks with turnovers, but this far surpassed regression to the mean. In fact, it gave them a soybean field's worth of room to progress back to it.

Matt and Willie are here to tell you that this team has some problems, but they are fixable and the Denver Broncos are not unbeatable.

So let's all hope the Bengals cleansed themselves in the waters of Lake Minnetonka and got the stink of this loss off them before they boarded the plane back to Cincinnati.

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On this episode:

-The Bengals were steamrolled in Minnesota for a historic loss.

-Are things fixable?

-Was this an outlier or a trend?

-A conversation about Zac Taylor.

And more!

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Look. This sucks. I know it. You know it.

Joe Burrow had a normal offseason. He played in the preseason. The Bengals went 2-0 for to start the season for the first time in Zac Taylor's tenure, and now "poof" Burrow goes down to injury once again.

It sucks.

I'm not a silver linings guy, not a Mr. Brightside. But I'm also not a quitter.

This season is not over. Jake Browning can chuck the ball around and win some games. Of course, it doesn't hurt that he has a vast arsenal of offensive weapons. This defense isn't bad. In fact, they might even be good.

All I'm saying is, that they could still be a good team without Burrow and if they can be a good team without him, just imagine how scary they will be when he returns.

Matt and Willie dive into the Burrow loss and what it means for the future. More pressingly, they discuss what happens next. This team isn't tanking. They are not hanging up the towel. They aren't cashing their paychecks and saying, "oh well, there is always next year."

The did not waver when Burrow hit the turf and I would not expect them to do so anytime soon.

The fun has only begun. Who Dey!

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