Cincinnati Bengals quarterback Jake Browning regressed back to the backup quarterback range during Saturday’s loss to the Pittsburgh Steelers.
There, Browning threw a trio of interceptions in the 34-11 loss, one of them an ugly attempted throwaway that floated back into the endzone into three defenders for an easy turnover.
But after the game, Browning elected to focus more on the response, the goal not to let the loss snowball.
“The playoffs, I don’t know. I’ve been ignoring that in general,” Browning said, according to Geoff Hobson of Bengals.com. “I’m going to learn from this. A lot of quarterbacks have bad games. I had a bad game. It’s how you respond. That’s where I am and that’s where we’re at as a team.”
This approach certainly worked after the previous loss to the Steelers, as the Bengals revamped the playbook and rattled off three straight wins under Browning’s direction.
But this time the task won’t be as simple now that defenses have seen the film on this rendition of the Bengals. And it doesn’t help that the team’s next opponent is the Kansas City Chiefs on the road.
Still, the Bengals aren’t mathematically eliminated and Browning’s setting the tone for the last two games.
