What up and welcome into another edition of the Locked-on Bengals podcast.

It's the post-game edition where the Bengals fall to six and nine on the season.

They lose at First Energy Stadium here right down the street from where I'm broadcasting from right now.

First Energy Stadium.

The Browns hand them their ninth loss of the season, 26 to 18.

I have a lot that I want to discuss.

A quick reminder, you can subscribe on iTunes, Google Play, Spotify, Stitcher, the IHeart

radio app, also on Twitter at James Irpene and at Locked-on Bengals.

Since it's a holiday week, we'll get Joe Goodberry on later in the week.

Won't have a podcast on Monday or Tuesday, but I got you covered right now because good,

God, I think that might be enough.

I don't know it for sure.

But watching today's game, and I'm in an interesting position, naturally, the host of Locked

on Bengals, it's no secret. I'm a Bengals fan. I spent the first

27 years of my life in Cincinnati. I've watched them play well. I've watched them play awful.

I've watched good, bad, indifferent, and I've cheered for them my entire life. There's no denying that.

That's a big part of why I work in sports is because, oh, it sounded

cool covering the Bengals.

But I think even the most optimistic fans can look at what happened today and realize what

the future is looking like.

What path the Browns are on versus what path the Bengals are on.

And if you're a Bengals fan,

...