NFL Power Rankings, Week 16: Cowboys find their grove, 49ers stunned by Falcons
By Dan Parzych
32. Cincinnati Bengals (31)
First off, just imagine the reaction by football fans across the country if the Cincinnati Bengals managed to pull off the unthinkable by upsetting the New England Patriots in Week 15 to shake things up a little bit in the AFC playoff picture.
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A few weeks ago, the Bengals were able to avoid ending up on the wrong side of NFL history by defeating the New York Jets to make sure they didn’t go the entire year winless.
And while a win over New England still wouldn’t take away from the overall disappointment from this season, it still could have helped Cincinnati end the year on a more positive note.
The Bengals knew 2019 had the potential to be a year of rebuilding to help adjust to Zac Taylor being the new head coach, but no one expected things to be this rough.
Assuming that Cincinnati goes on to lose their final two games of 2019 against the Miami Dolphins and Cleveland Browns, it will be interesting to see what kind of offseason the Bengals have since there plenty of questions in need of answering.
From figuring out if Taylor deserves another chance to deciding if it’s time to move on from Andy Dalton, Cincinnati will certainly be busy.