Week 4 and the Bengals are now 0-4, who would've thought? After a very solid performance against the Giants the heartbreaking news that Carson wouldn't play crushed the hopes for win #1 against the Browns.

For now the 4th straight week my main complaint is the offense. Yes, I know Flitzpatrick was at the helm and yes he did bad. (21/35 for 156 yards, 4.5 avg, 1 TD, 3 INT) But what is a very telling stat is the total of 69 rushing yards, 41 from the QB! Yep, Chris perry had just 28 yards on 12 carries which really doesn't make Fitz's stats surprising. The Bengals needed to have an efficient running game to alleviate the pressure on the passing game, unfortunately however the running game could never get going (besides Fitzpatrick) which made the passing game a priority.

Once again 3rd down efficiency was a factor, 4-13 which is similar to week 1 and 2. Easily the worst was turnovers, 3 INT's from Fitz and 2 fumbles from Cincy.

Defensively the Bengals have been quite solid. The biggest complaint has been the fact that they cannot play a 60 minute game. They may for example hold the Browns to 3 points at half-time (see: today), but then allow say 17 points in the 4th quarter. (see: TODAY {#emotions_dlg.mad})

We did get 2 turnovers, 1 INT (didn't score off of it, first of the year) and 1 fumble. We also got just our 2nd sack of the season and allowed one.

Overall just a mediocre game. Defense did well for 3 quarters, bad in the 4th. Running game was just awful, though I got a kick out of seeing Fitzpatrick running for 41 yards head-first. Passing game was too relied on and with a guy with just his 4th start, struggled and turned it over.

With the Bengals nation still looking for just win number one, we may have to wait with maybe our toughest game of the year next week, the Dallas Cowboys.

Who knows, maybe we'll see another game like the Giants, except a win. Here's hoping!