To say it has been a rough start to the 2022 season for the Cincinnati Bengals would be an understatement.
The 2-3 Bengals haven’t just lost three games by a combined eight points — they’ve lost each of those games in the final moments.
And it somehow gets worse.
According to ESPN’s Ben Baby, the Bengals are the first team in NFL history to lose three of its first five games of a season on the final play of those losses.
Ouch.
Sunday night’s 19-17 loss to the Ravens was especially bad, with Joe Burrow leading a late scoring drive and what should have been a game-winner. Instead, the defense coughed up just enough yardage over the final two minutes to surrender a field goal.
With luck not on the Bengals’ side as it was last year, the only way to counteract this budding, historical trend is more offensive consistency throughout games. Whether that’s corrected will largely decide the outcome of the season.
