This still wasn't their year. I don't think they would've beaten the Ravens. Their defense could barely contain Mahomes, imagine what Jackson would've done to them. But that was a winnable game against KC. It's never just that they lose, but how they lose. It's always something that makes you wince.

The road for them is never going to get easier. And they were lucky Joe Burrow got KOd this year with injuries. He's not going anywhere. Bengals will be back. Texans have a young stud now in Stroud. The AFC is rough.