Can The Bengals Actually Contend Without A Run Game? | The Story with Rachel Nichols

Do you think today's performance is a sign that Burrow and the Bengals are finally figuring things out? I think whenever we get back to back T Higgins and Jamar Chase cooking games, we get this false sense of security that this team is on a different track. When I think the reality of my central complaint with the Bengals always has been the inability to run the football in clutch times. And it's weird in the years when Burrow is bad, they're actually better at running the football, even with just simple kind of five man protections. But one of the reasons I was so down on. Cincinnati in the first place this year. Not a ton of investment in like tight ends, fullbacks, H-backs, guys who can really make this run. Maybe it's possible that when he's not doing well, they feel more responsibility to buckle down in the run game. I mean, it's just a weird thing, as you said. So weird. But I will say this. I mean, having met with T and Jamar, there is no wide receiver one and one in the NFL that understand how to get the other person open better than those two. And when they're cooking at full health and full speed, it truly is something that's difficult to slow down. Yeah, I do love watching that. I mean, come on, it's elite.