FILM TAKES | Cincinnati Bengals Offense STRUGGLES in Elimination Game—Joe Burrow, Ja'Marr Chase Not in Sync

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🗓️ 15 December 2025

⏱️ 32 minutes

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As the Cincinnati Bengals season effectively ended after Sunday's shutout loss to the Baltimore Ravens, the game was a microcosm of the season: full of missed opportunities. With puzzling mistakes from Joe Burrow, Ja'Marr Chase, and the Bengals' offense, Jake Liscow and Mike Santagata dissect Burrow’s mental lapses, and a defense that, despite Myles Murphy's flashes, still can’t overcome core vulnerabilities.

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0:00.0	It's been a season of missed opportunities for the Cincinnati Bengals,
0:03.7	and Sunday was a microcosm of their season in one game.
0:08.7	Let's break it down.
0:14.8	You are Locked-on Bengals, your daily Cincinnati Bengals podcast.
0:20.1	Part of the Locked-on Podcast Network, your team every day.
0:25.5	What up, Bengals fans, and welcome to another episode of the Lockdown Bengals podcast.
0:29.0	Part of the Lockdown Podcast Network, the number one sports podcast network.
0:33.4	I'm Jake, let's go join today by Mike Santagana, our weekly film analysts, our weekly film expert guest here on Lockdown Bengals.
0:42.1	We've had you covered on Lockdown Bengals since 2016, your best one-stop shop for all things Bengals.
0:48.5	For any podcast out there, and welcome back to all the everydayers and all of you who make us your first listen.
0:54.8	Today we dive into the film, which reveals just a whole bunch of missed opportunities,
1:00.0	especially on the offensive side of the ball.
1:02.1	And on the defensive side of the ball, it was honestly a result that you would take multiple
1:06.9	punts, only 17 points for the Ravens at the end of three quarters, only 17 points for
1:12.5	the Ravens overall as their foot came off the gas pedal after a pick six in the fourth quarter.
1:18.7	They actually barely possessed a ball in the fourth quarter, but there's a defensive effort
1:22.5	that you would take overall. Some of those blemishes still there. We'll get into the nuanced conversation about
1:29.1	the defense later in the show, but we're going to start, Mike, with this Bengals offense that
1:35.3	just felt like left a bunch on the field, left a bunch of plays on the field that they often make.
1:42.0	And that is our first topic of the film breakdown today in an episode brought to you by Fandall,
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1:56.0	Mike, a lot of throws that Joe Burrow usually makes in this game.
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