The Cincinnati Bengals came out of the gates hot and had a shot at the AFC’s top seed, yet now leave the bye about as flat as it gets.
One of the big reasons? An apparent struggle to adapt, mix it up and keep innovating on both sides of the football. Other teams saw the film and adjusted.
Coming out of the bye, one way to fix this sort of issue is to change things up and get bigger showings from different names. Here are a few players who could have bigger roles in the coming weeks.