The Cincinnati Bengals have gone 1-11 through two weeks under Zac Taylor. To avoid another slow start, the stars might see more action in the preseason.

The Cincinnati Bengals’ perennial slow start has become a glaring issue, forcing them to burrow out of early-season holes. In the past two years, they’ve failed, finishing 9-8 and missing the postseason in back-to-back campaigns.

In six seasons under Zac Taylor, the Bengals have gone 1-11 in the first two weeks of the season and 4-13-1 through three weeks. The only year in which Cincy had a winning record through three weeks, 2021, they went to the Super Bowl.

“It sounds like we need to play in the preseason, huh?” receiver Ja’Marr Chase said on Tuesday, via the Associated Press.

  • FlashMobOfOne@lemmy.worldOP
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    1 month ago

    First off, I think Chase is wrong here. The only winning there is in the preseason is escaping it with zero injuries to your starters. My team, the Chiefs, lost their top wide receiver for nearly the whole season in a meaningless preseason game last year. That’s a huge loss for a game that means nothing.

    If you ask me, they need to get rid of the preseason entirely.

    Do this instead: Expand each roster by ten, add an extra bye week, and change the pre-season games over to regular season games instead.