The Cincinnati Bengals emerged losers in the season-opener against the Pittsburgh Steelers.
While the Bengals entered favored, there was a chance the team would be just rusty enough to let a bad Steelers team keep it close despite the contest going down in Paycor Stadium.
And that’s just what happened, headed up by repeated mistakes from quarterback Joe Burrow and some straight-up bad luck in terms of injuries, highlighted by the problems on special teams after the loss of long-snapper Clark Harris.
While a loss in Week 1 is hardly the end of the world — the Bengals started very slow last year too — there are some notable winners and losers to point out.