Cincinnati Bengals ELIMINATED | Joe Burrow Struggles, Offense Falls Apart

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4.7 • 854 Ratings

🗓️ 14 December 2025

⏱️ 31 minutes

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The Cincinnati Bengals are mathematically eliminated from playoff contention after a frigid home loss, raising tough questions about the team’s future direction. Jake Liscow and James Rapien analyze the Bengals’ lifeless performance against the Baltimore Ravens, spotlighting Joe Burrow’s rare struggles, Ja’Marr Chase’s costly drops, and some defensive playmaking from Myles Murphy and Demetrius Knight that the team couldn't capitalize on. The season ends with a pathetic shutout at home to a division rival, which will prompt conversations this week about a potential coaching change?

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0:00.0	The Cincinnati Bengals are mathematically eliminated from a playoff contention,
0:04.8	and boy, was it a stinker for them to end the season on at home.
0:08.8	Let's talk about it.
0:15.4	You are Locked-on Bengals, your daily Cincinnati Bengals podcast.
0:20.6	Part of the Locked-on Podcast Network, your team every day.
0:25.9	What up Bengals fans and welcome to another episode of the Lockdown Bengals podcast.
0:29.4	Part of the Lockdown Podcast Network, now the number one sports podcast network in the land.
0:34.6	He's James Rapine.
0:35.3	I'm Jake Lisco.
0:35.9	We've had you covered here on Lockdown Bengals through the thick and thin back through 2016 to present here covering
0:42.6	your Cincinnati Bengals as for the first time, I believe, since 2020, the Bengals are
0:47.5	mathematically eliminated from the playoffs, James, before the final week of the season,
0:52.4	I think, because they were in it late in the season anyway,
0:56.0	the last two years even when it was a long shot.
0:58.8	And instead, you get Joe Burrow returning and then a real stinker from this offense
1:06.0	in a game that effectively ends their season.
1:08.2	They still have three more games, but no longer competing for the playoffs. That is what we discussed today here on lockdown Bengals. Today's episode brought to you by Fandall. If you want to be right in the middle of the action this season, you can visit Fandul.com and get in on some NFL live vets for the rest of the season and into the playoffs. And as we welcome back to Everydayers, shout out to all the everydayers out there.
1:30.1	Shout out to all of you who make Lockdown Bengals there first listen.
1:33.4	Pretty pathetic game from this offense, James.
1:36.7	It was 17 to 0 at the end of the third quarter.
1:40.6	And honestly, if before the game you had told me that the Ravens only had 17 points at the end of the third quarter, I'd feel like you're at least in the ball game.
1:48.8	If not, things going pretty well for you.
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