For the second-straight week, the Bengals defense offered no resistance, and for the second-straight week, the Bengals lost in a heartbreaking, but sickeningly familiar way.

As you were reading this, the Jets just ripped off a 15-yard run against the Bengals. There goes another!

Seven weeks in, and it feels like it’s all up for grabs – in the League and in the NFL.

Just ten days ago, the Bengals looked dead and the addition of Joe Flacco was like giving a band-aid to someone who's had their arm ripped off by a tiger. As it turns out, Flacco was more than capable of stopping the bleeding, and belief has finally returned to the Bengals locker room.

Turning to Joe Flacco to replace Jake Browning was the right call, but it was still far too little to change the Bengals' fate. They're a bad football team, and their two-score loss to the Packers was more evidence that changes need to be made.

Following their blowout loss to the Vikings, the Bengals added another blowout loss to their resumé, this to the Broncos in primetime.

The Bengals first game without Joe Burrow was disastrous. The Bengals need to be competitive to make a return for Burrow worth it, and one week in, a return is not looking realistic.

For the third time in his career, Joe Burrow has suffered an injury that will keep him out for a significant period of time. But Jake Browning's success has proved the Bengals can be effective on offense with a different style of play. The question is: are Burrow and the Bengals willing to change?