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

    Yeah, a lot of NFL teams limit their starters’ play in preseaon due to the risk of injury. (Which personally, I think is the smart way to approach it since the games are meaningless.) It is an opportunity for rookies and players lower on the depth chart to get some gametime experience and a chance to show what they can do, as preseason games also have a higher roster cap before league cuts and it can serve as an audition for them to get signed elsewhere.

    But mostly they’re just pointless games and only really intense fans care about them.