The Bengals played one of their best all-around games, but it wasn't enough to topple the Patriots. There's no sugar-coating what a massive disappointment this team has turned out to be as their season continues to spiral.

For the first time in weeks, the Bengals defense looked competent. Of course, that occurred on the same day the Bengals offense looked inept. It's just that kind of season in Cincinnati this year.

For the second-straight week, the Bengals defense offered no resistance, and for the second-straight week, the Bengals lost in a heartbreaking, but sickeningly familiar way.

As you were reading this, the Jets just ripped off a 15-yard run against the Bengals. There goes another!

Seven weeks in, and it feels like it’s all up for grabs – in the League and in the NFL.

Just ten days ago, the Bengals looked dead and the addition of Joe Flacco was like giving a band-aid to someone who's had their arm ripped off by a tiger. As it turns out, Flacco was more than capable of stopping the bleeding, and belief has finally returned to the Bengals locker room.

Turning to Joe Flacco to replace Jake Browning was the right call, but it was still far too little to change the Bengals' fate. They're a bad football team, and their two-score loss to the Packers was more evidence that changes need to be made.

Following their blowout loss to the Vikings, the Bengals added another blowout loss to their resumé, this to the Broncos in primetime.