“And the same old story for the Cincinnati Bengals,” said CBS announcer Ian Eagle. And this seems true after their slow start in the third consecutive season. The Bengals lost to the Patriots with the score of 16-10 in Week 1 and were trailed by 10 points before halftime without even a half touchdown. And after all this loss people are questioning their potential.

When asked about the game QB Joe Burrow replied, “Sunday game was not perfect by any means” saying after that, they are getting better with practice. He also added, “I’m Pretty Hard on Myself. We’re just looking to improve every day, go out on Monday and have our best game yet, hopefully get a win and then move on.” showing his excitement about Bengals the future games, saying he is working hard to make things better for his team.

Although people are saying QB’s wrist injury is one of the reasons for the loss. Even though he has gone for the surgery and the Bengals cleared him for the season opener some fans are speculating he was facing problems in holding the water bottle. Burrow laughed at the speculations mentioning, “I just drank water,” the QB told via ESPN. Although he mentioned he needs practice after a season-long break but his wrist is completely fine. 

Be it for any reason, it wasn’t a good day for the whole team. They might have the plan but the Bengals were not able to implement it. And Cincinnati had only  224 yards of offense throughout the game. The only touchdown the team scored was 5-yards by running back Zack Moss, who talked about it stating  “I wish I could have made a lot more plays,” regretting the two passes he dropped for 17 yards.

However, after this game, the Bengals were pretty excited to face the Chiefs. But even though everything was going fine, last last 30 minutes of the game changed everything for the Bengals.

What did Joe Burrow say about the Bengals’ controversial loss against the Chiefs?

After starting the game on offense Joe Burrow did not waste time to connect with tight end Mike Gesicki for his first down for 37-yard. And even though the Bengals were not close to endzone Evan McPherson’s field goal gave them a 3-0 lead. Until the 4th quarter, they were 23-22 ahead of the Chiefs. But in the final 2 minutes, Cincinnati was flagged for pass interference. Right after that, they got a penalty for illegally stopping the pass rusher and that’s when the coins turned. In the last 3 seconds, Chiefs’ kicker Harrison Butker made a 51-yard field goal leading to a 26-25 win for the Chiefs. 

The Bengals were unhappy with this and accused the refs of being partial toward the Chiefs. When asked about the loss Burrow replied, “It was as frustrating as I’ve had,” regretting giving Chiefs extra points. Although Burrow was not the only one mad about the loss. Bengals’ legend T. J. Houshmandzadeh expressed his anger through X writing, “Give every game to the Chiefs rest of the season. Refs in their favor every game,” saying why should anyone play if they already know the result. Although after these losses Bengals will be more prepared to face their opponents and the future games will be very interesting.