CINCINNATI — The Bengals have made the playoffs from an 0-2 record hole before, but the numbers are deafening in how difficult it's going to be. Since the schedule expanded to 17 games ahead of the 2021 season, only two of the 21 teams to start 0-2 have made the playoffs .

The Bengals went into Week 1 at No. 9 on ESPN, but the lack of productivity offensively led to them falling down a few spots. However, ESPN's Ben Baby wrote of the positive impact running back Zack Moss had on the team.

It isn’t an ideal start, but heading into the season, everyone knew their Week 2 battle in Kansas City against the Chiefs was not going to be easy. The Bengals gave the Chiefs a much better game than most expected,

Whenever the Kansas City Chiefs and quarterback Patrick Mahomes face the Cincinnati Bengals and quarterback Joe Burrow, it always feels like must-see television.

Another game, another Cincinnati Bengals game decided by single digits against the Kansas City Chiefs. There were plenty of positives to take from the game from Joe Burrow‘s wrist being good enough to uncork the long ball to Jermaine Burton to Lou Anarumos still being a mad scientist.