When Zac Taylor took over the Bengals (-7.5 at Kansas City), not only was there no direction in Cincinnati, but no one even had a map. Taylor’s Bengals, with some praising the McVay disciple, crawled their way toward a 2-14 season. The end of the Marvin Lewis era, one that only saw countless heartbreaks, had its last, wheezing gasps. The Bengals were the NFL’s worst team and Taylor looked completely out of his depth.
My, my what a great quarterback and a little moxie can do.
After a thrilling, 27-24, comeback victory on the road in Arrowhead Stadium, the Bengals are in Super Bowl LVI. You read that right, your eyes do not deceive you: The new Cardiac Bengals, led by the new king of cardiac quarterbacks, Joe Burrow, went into the House of Patrick Mahomes and took a Super Bowl berth right out from under the red rug.
