The Cincinnati Bengals narrowly pulled out a victory against the Cleveland Browns in Week 1. They ended the game with a score of just 17-16, and the Browns had numerous opportunities to walk away victorious. Grinding out wins is important in the NFL, but certainly, this was a slow start for the Bengals because projections shows the Browns as one of the worst teams in the NFL. The Bengals are no strangers to starting the season off slow, and it has cost them in the past.

The Bengals have missed the playoffs in each of the past two seasons largely in part because they started out those campaigns 0-3 and 1-3, respectively. The team even started 0-2 back in 2022 before making a run to the Divisional Round.

Clearly, the team's insistence on digging themselves into a hole before trying to cl

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