Bengals and Broncos Struggle in Early Stages of NFL Season

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The Cincinnati Bengals and Denver Broncos entered the season with high expectations. Unfortunately, both teams have stumbled out of the gate, starting the season 0-2. SI hosts Robin Lundberg and Claudette Montana analyze the early challenges these teams are facing and discuss whether they have the potential to reverse their fortunes.

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00:00 I want to know who do you think has had the most disappointing start to the season so far?

00:03 I think it's got to be the Cincinnati Bengals because this was a team that was considered a

00:09 Super Bowl contender. Look, the Chargers are another team. It's bad for them. But to me,

00:15 it is the Bengals. And I think their season is over. I know they've fallen behind 0-2 before

00:20 and come back. But Joe Burrow said he re-aggravated his calf. That is not good news.

00:25 Those kind of injuries can really be lingering. So really, the Bengals' season may have ended

00:30 when we all saw Burrow get on that cart in the offseason. But when you're saying most

00:35 disappointing, I think it's got to be the team that many thought was going to be holding up

00:40 the Lombardi trophy. I'm going to go with the good old Denver Broncos because last season was

00:46 just an absolute disaster. They obviously bring in Sean Payton, get him out of retirement. This

00:50 guy could be sipping Mai Tai's on the beach right now. He comes back. I think gave a lot of Broncos

00:55 fans a lot of hope. And they start the season 0-2. Also, yesterday blew an 18-point lead against

01:01 Washington. Definitely not the start that Broncos fans were hoping for. Also, I would argue that

01:06 they're not even the most exciting team in the state of Colorado right now. I would give that

01:10 one to them. That may very well be true. But look, the Broncos do look a little better than they did

01:14 last year. And the one thing that would keep me from going all in on them is they got robbed at

01:19 the end of that game. After that Hail Mary from Russell Wilson, when they went for the two-point

01:24 conversion, clear pass interference on the Commanders in the end zone that wasn't called.

01:29 So, you know, we're close in both those games. Their offense looked better. But yeah, it doesn't

01:34 look good for Sean Payton to see 0-2 on the record. I don't think anybody's saying Broncos

01:39 country, let's ride. Let's just leave it there.

01:41 (whooshing)

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