Story byChris Roling, Bengals WireSun, December 28, 2025 at 2:42 PM UTC·2 min readThe Cincinnati Bengals near the end of the season confronted by a visiting Arizona Cardinals club in Week 17. Those Cardinals have lost seven in a row and sit on a 3-12 mark. Sounds simple enough, but we’d be remiss not to point out that the Bengals have a history of struggling against backup quarterbacks or passers making their first starts. AdvertisementAdvertisementAdvertisementAnd Cardinals quarterback Jacoby Brissett has shown up well against the Bengals in the past with different teams. Brissett has appeared in 12 games this year, completing 65.2 percent of his passes with 19 touchdowns and seven interceptions. He needs just 89 yards to zip past the 3,000-mark. RELATED: Zac Taylor ducks questions about reported secret contract extensionSomething else the Bengals struggle mightily with?
