July’s presumptive Super Bowl favorites, the Bengals, are now 0–2. Following a never-close, Bald Bull–style knockout at the hands of the Browns in Week 1, the team crawled to a respectable 27–24 finish against the Ravens. At the end of Sunday’s game, the Bengals were one defensive stop away from an opportunity to drive for a game-winning field goal, although it was not a likely scenario, with ESPN’s win percentage tracker giving the Ravens a 75% chance of sealing a victory.
Lamar Jackson, who is especially difficult to deal with in those particular scenarios (when you are trying to correctly predict an offense so as to maximize the usage of your remaining timeouts) proved to be too much for Cincinnati.
The big question, of course: Do we freak out?
