Can Bengals Lean on Run Game While Defense Desperately Searches for Answers?

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🗓️ 30 October 2025

⏱️ 34 minutes

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In a week where the main story is the Bengals' defense being a mess, they'll be searching for answers against Ben Johnson and Caleb Williams. As Cincinnati wraps up its pre-bye homestand, Jake Liscow and James Rapien discuss the dire situation on defense, while the offense could lean into its rejuvenated rushing attack with questions at the quarterback position looming ahead of Week 9.

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0:00.0	The Cincinnati Bengals are desperate for momentum heading into their byweek.
0:04.7	Can they find any answers on defense against the Bears?
0:08.3	Let's break it down.
0:15.0	You are Locked on Bengals, your daily Cincinnati Bengals podcast.
0:20.3	Part of the Locked on Podcast Network, your team every day.
0:25.3	What up, Bengals fans, and welcome to another episode of the Lockdown Bengals podcast,
0:29.3	part of the Lockdown Podcast Network, your team every day.
0:32.8	I'm Jake Liscoe, he's James Rapine, and we've been Lockdown Bengals here on this podcast since 2016 between the two of us, making it your best one-stop shop.
0:42.3	We're here for you every day of the week with everything going on with your Cincinnati Bengals.
0:47.5	Every dayers already know that they've heard the film analysis of all the reasons this Bengals,
0:52.3	the events is struggling this week, to the crossover,
0:54.5	to the historical discussion about how they got to this point, what could be next for Duke
1:00.1	Tobin.
1:00.5	That's what we've been covering this week as the Bengals are coming off of one of their worst losses,
1:06.1	one of their, and they've had a lot of those lately in the Zach Taylor era and are currently putting out the
1:12.9	worst defense that we've ever seen in the Duke Tobin era. Today we talk about them being desperate
1:18.1	to get back on track against the Chicago Bears and an offense that has found its footing
1:22.9	with Joe Flacco in questions around Joe Flo's ability to play quarterback against the Bears.
1:30.3	This episode brought to you by Mazda who sweats every detail because when you make every move count,
1:34.7	pulling off the unexpected is only the beginning.
1:37.3	Stay tuned for highlights in this week's moving the game forward.
1:40.8	Mazda move and be moved.
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