Bengals End Season with Win Finishing 9-8

Date: Wednesday January 10, 2024

Writer: Anthony Iles

The Bengals hosted the Browns in the final regular season game winning 31 -14. Browns did not play many starters and the Bengals played theirs 3/4’s and some half of the game. Joe Mixon ran for 111 yards and a TD and caught a TD. He got his 1,000 yards rushing for the season and is now #2 all time in Bengals history with 40 rushing TD passes. Chase got his 4 receptions he needed in the first half to complete 100 catches on the season. Trey Hendrickson got a sack to give him a personal best 17.5 sacks for the season and 2nd in the NFL Sack leaders. Safety – Battle had his first career INT and Rookie Princeton WR Andrei Iosivas had 2 TDs. Browning played solid passing 18/24 for 156 yards and 3 TDs. QB AJ McCarron came into the game in the 4th quarter and went 3-4 passing for 20 yards. WR Boyd caught 1 pass marking his catches to 513 catches for 6,000 yards.

Bengals finish the season 9-8. This is not the season they expected but they stayed together as a group and fought hard. This will make them even better going into next season.

For this years playoffs there are many teams that can win it all. Key is they need to be healthy. Right now I feel on the NFC the 49ers have the best shot at making it to the Super Bowl and possibly winning. On the AFC I think the Bills have the best opportunity to make it to the Super Bowl and win. They are healthy and starting to get hot at the right time.

Next season, 2024, the Bengals Super Bowl opportunity will be in New Orleans. It is fitting the Bengals make it and win it as Burrow and Chase won their national championship there. The Bengals youth on defense gained a lot of experience this year and on offense found form as the season went on. Look for Burrow to have an amazing season and lead this Bengals team to winning the Lombardi Trophy.

Who Dey!!