The Cincinnati Bengals MUST fix this moving forward!
Nov 2, 2026
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This needs to be fixed, and it is a big thing.
And today, it isn't some giant trade.
Those are coming.
Because guess what?
Spoiler.
The Bengals need more talent.
But we'll save that for another Keys day.
Whatever in the world the Bengals are doing
to prepare for the beginning of these games,
the first 15, the scripted plays, everything like that.
Rip it up and start over.
Figure it out.
We just did a whiteboard segment.
Erase everything and start from scratch.
Because you went to Baltimore in what felt like
a season-on-the-line type of game,
division-on-the-line certainly type of game,
and you got blanked in the first half.
Then you show up against a Jeffrey Simmons-less,
Cam Ward-led Titans team at home.
First time you're at home in what felt like a month plus.
It was roughly a month.
And what do you do?
You get outscored 13 to nothing in the first quarter
and you're playing from behind and
it takes a miraculous Joe Burrow touchdown pass
to Jamar Chase to get you on the board.
I am sick and tired of the slow start.
Slow start shouldn't be part of it.
So you get the keys, you put the thing
in the ignition, and you start faster.
And how do you do that?
We have to find a way to solve the issues
and have a better scripted first 15.
Every week, the Bengals go in on offense,
and they have 15-ish plays that they're going to lean on.
And in an ideal world, that's the script.
That's what they lean on.
That's their bread and butter.
They see what the defense is doing and adjust accordingly.
Every NFL team does it.
Well, clearly, clearly,
their scripted 15 have not worked over the past couple of weeks.
Despite having Joe Burrow and Jamar Chase
and T. Higgins and all the weapons that they have,
it has not worked.

