{"id":32577,"date":"2025-09-14T11:34:20","date_gmt":"2025-09-14T11:34:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/breakingnews.azontree.com\/?p=32577"},"modified":"2025-09-14T11:34:20","modified_gmt":"2025-09-14T11:34:20","slug":"breaking-bengals-looking-to-end-inexplicable-losing-streak-joe-burrow-has-never-won-a-game-in-week-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/breakingnews.azontree.com\/?p=32577","title":{"rendered":"BREAKING : Bengals looking to end inexplicable losing streak: Joe Burrow has never won a game in Week 2"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Since being selected with the No. 1 overall pick in the 2020 NFL Draft, Joe Burrow has led the Cincinnati Bengals to two AFC title games and a Super Bowl, but one thing he hasn’t been able to do is win a game in Week 2.<\/p>\n

Burrow has started in five Week 2 games for the Bengals and he’s somehow gone 0-5 in those games. It’s been even worse for Zac Taylor, who’s 0-6 in Week 2 since being hired as the head coach. The Bengals haven’t won a Week 2 games since 2018 when Marvin Lewis was the coach.<\/p>\n

It’s definitely one of the more bizarre losing streaks in the NFL, especially when you consider that no other team has lost more than three games in a row in Week 2.<\/p>\n

Longest active Week 2 losing streaks<\/strong>
\n1.<\/strong> Bengals: Six games (Last win: 2018)
\nT-2: <\/strong>Panthers: Three games (Last win: 2021)
\nT-2: <\/strong>Bears: Three games (Last win: 2021)<\/p>\n

The last time a team went through any type of streak like this came 11 years ago when the Jacksonville Jaguars lost seven games in a row in Week 2 from 2008 thru 2014, according to CBS Sports Research. In a wild coincidence, the Bengals will be looking to end their streak on Sunday against those same Jaguars (1 p.m. ET, CBS and Paramount+), who are a 3.5-point underdog. If the Bengals lose to Jacksonville, they’d become just the ninth team over the past 55 years to have a losing streak of at least seven games in Week 2.<\/p>\n

The Bengals’ Week 2 woes have mostly come because they’ve generally struggled at the start of the season under Taylor. During his six seasons on the job, they’ve gone 2-11 in the first two weeks and Taylor didn’t pick up that second win until last week when the Bengals outlasted the Cleveland Browns, 17-16, in their regular-season opener.<\/p>\n

Of course, when you have a streak like this, there’s usually some bad luck involved and that’s certainly been the case for the Bengals. Five of the six losses have come by just one score.<\/p>\n

Here’s a look at each Week 2 loss during the streak:
\n2019: <\/strong>49ers 41-17 over Bengals
\n2020:<\/strong> Browns 35-30 over Bengals
\n2021:<\/strong> Bears 20-17 over Bengals
\n2022:<\/strong> Cowboys 20-17 over Bengals
\n2023: <\/strong>Ravens 27-24 over Bengals
\n2024:<\/strong> Chiefs 26-25 over Bengals<\/p>\n

In two of the past three years, the Bengals have lost on a field goal that came on the final play. In 2022, Brett Maher hit a 50-yard field goal as time expired to give the Cowboys the win. Last season, Harrison Butker one-upped that by hitting a 51-yarder to give Kansas City the victory.<\/p>\n

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THANK YOU HARRISON BUTKER \ud83d\ude4c pic.twitter.com\/SFLjkrxgux<\/a><\/p>\n

— Kansas City Chiefs (@Chiefs) September 15, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n