NFL Power Rankings, Week 9: 49ers embarrass Panthers, Eagles shock Bills

31. Cincinnati Bengals (31)

Around this time last week, most football fans would have laughed over the thought of the Cincinnati Bengals only losing to the Los Angeles Rams by 14 points since awful doesn’t even begin to describe how Zac Taylor’s team has looked at times in 2019.

Still, just because the Bengals kept it closer than expected doesn’t mean they’re going to feel any better over how this season has gone since most fans expected at least one or two wins by now.

Not even the argument of Cincinnati deserving some benefit of the doubt for the absence of A.J. Green will make the team feel better over how the first half of 2019 has gone, and the sad thing is things don’t look like they’re going to improve anytime soon.

Since the Bengals only have three games in November as a result of their bye week, the sad thing is that after looking ahead at the schedule, Cincinnati may not even earn their first win of the year until December rolls around.

Cincinnati seemed to have a good idea that Taylo would see a few rough patches during his first year as head coach, but no one expected it to be this rough for the Bengals.

At least with the bye week, Cincinnati is guaranteed not to lose in Week 9, which unfortunately still won’t help fans feel better.