Del Duduit: Bengals eliminated from playoffs

Key Highlights

• “IF the defense can hold teams to under 25 points and IF Joe Burrow comes back and doesn’t throw five interceptions in three games and IF your pet starts talking to you while you get a Fed Ex delivery for a year’s supply of free bacon, the Bengals MIGHT make the playoffs.
• They JUST MIGHT.”But after Sunday — poof!
• All hope is gone for 2025. The sad truth is the Bengals are just a bad team right now. AdvertisementAdvertisementAdvertisementThey don’t deserve to make the playoffs, and they won’t this year — and that’s official. Two weeks ago, the Bengals (4-10) defeated Baltimore (7-7) on Thanksgiving on Thursday Night Football and looked amazing. Two weeks later, the Ravens got revenge and shutout the Bengals 24-0.
• It was the first time in the Joe Burrow era the Bengals did not score. Burrow threw two interceptions, one of which was a pick-six, for the second week in a row, and the loss eliminated the Bengals from playoff contention for the third straight season.“This is a team effort,” Burrow said after the game.
• “You know, at the end of the day, players got to play better on the field.