The Jets aren’t facing the same old Bengals of the past few years.
No, the Cincinnati squad New York faces in Week 8 is actually one of the best teams in the AFC through the first seven weeks of the season. Between a high-powered offense and a sound defense, the Bengals are one of the NFL’s biggest surprises this year and have taken a tremendous leap in Zac Taylor’s third year as head coach. A lot of praise can be showered upon Joe Burrow playing up to his first overall draft pick pedigree, but the entire team looks to have figured out how to play against some of the best teams in the NFL.
A matchup that many surely thought would be woefully close at the beginning of the season now looks to be one of New York’s toughest games of the year. It doesn’t help that injuries have plagued the Jets and New York will start Mike White at quarterback.
Before this difficult matchup takes place, let’s get to know these new-look Bengals a bit better.