For the Cincinnati Bengals, it’s been the same story over the past couple of seasons, and Sunday’s game against the Chicago Bears once again proved how horrible their defense is. Over the past two seasons, the storyline has been the inefficiency of the Bengals’ defense to close out games. <\/p>
Yesterday, we saw yet another version of the same plot as Cincinnati’s offense clawed the team back from a 27-41 hole to come from behind and take a 42-41 lead with less than a minute left in the game<\/a>. <\/p> Quarterback Joe Flacco found wide receiver Andrei Iosivas in the endzone with just 54 seconds left in the game as the Bengals<\/a> took the lead. All that was left to do was for the Bengals’ defense to hold the Bears and not allow them to get off a field goal with the score 42-41 in favor of Cincinnati. <\/p> With 35 seconds to go, Caleb Williams hit Colston Loveland on a 3rd and 10 pass play, and the rookie tight end bounced off defenders and made his way to the endzone for the winning score. This script has become all too familiar for the Bengals, and now the frustration levels have skyrocketed with Cincinnati’s offensive players calling out their defensive counterparts. <\/p>