Joe Burrow is PLAYING FOOTBALL! He has been CLEARED to practice and is in the 21-day window to be activated off injured reserve, so when could we see No. 9 in GAME action? Could it be SOONER rather than later?

If the Bengals are going anywhere this season, though, their defense MUST improve. Can they even do that this point? Jake explains why the metrics indicate how bad this defense is and who, and what, holds the key to this defense improving enough to where Joe Burrow can come back and play meaningful football.

On the other side, the Bengals' OFFENSE has done MORE than enough over the last four games with Joe Flacco leading it. Art explains how the offensive line has allowed both the passing game and running game to be so successful since Flacco took over as the starting quarterback.

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