{"id":34662,"date":"2025-10-06T01:23:17","date_gmt":"2025-10-06T01:23:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/breakingnews.azontree.com\/?p=34662"},"modified":"2025-10-06T01:23:17","modified_gmt":"2025-10-06T01:23:17","slug":"breaking-bengals-zac-taylor-shoulders-blame-amid-concerning-offensive-issues","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/breakingnews.azontree.com\/?p=34662","title":{"rendered":"BREAKING: Bengals&#8217; Zac Taylor shoulders blame amid concerning offensive issues"},"content":{"rendered":"<article>Bengals head coach Zac Taylor speaks up on the team&#8217;s offense following yet another Cincinnati loss on Sunday against the Lions.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/wp.clutchpoints.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Bengals-head-coach-Zac-Taylor-watches-a-replay.jpg?w=1200\" alt=\"Cincinnati Bengals head coach Zac Taylor watches a replay in the second quarter of the NFL Week 5 game between the Cincinnati Bengals and the Detroit Lions at Paycor Stadium in downtown Cincinnati on Sunday, Oct. 5, 2025.\" \/><\/p>\n<p>After starting the 2025 NFL regular season with back-to-back wins over the Cleveland Browns and the Jacksonville Jaguars, the Cincinnati Bengals now find themselves under .500. They have gone winless in their last three outings, including Sunday&#8217;s 37-24 loss at the hands of the Detroit Lions at Paycor Stadium in Cincinnati<\/p>\n<p>The absence of star quarterback Joe Burrow due to an injury has clearly taken a toll on the Bengals, but head coach Zac Taylor would rather assign the blame to himself, particularly about the struggles of his team&#8217;s ability to move the chains and put points on the board.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.cleveland.com\/resizer\/v2\/DVRVWWP4AFE3REUBR5WNWUAWG4.jpg?auth=ca1c8e7ba434724dbf56d94c70310a089c208683c866de3d111433b041728961&amp;width=1280&amp;smart=true&amp;quality=90\" alt=\"Zac Taylor has the latest update on Joe Burrow's turf toe injury -  cleveland.com\" \/><\/p>\n<p>\u201cI got to be better for this football team. It\u2019s my responsibility \u2026 Put this on me. I\u2019ve got to do a better job getting us in a rhythm \u2026 need to keep us out of danger,\u201d Taylor said, per Paul Dehner Jr. of The Athletic.<\/p>\n<p>In the Lions game, the Bengals scored their most points in a contest in three games, but 21 of their total output came in the final period. Jake Browning, who has taken over the QB1 role temporarily, threw for a total of 251 passing yards and three touchdowns on 26-of-40 pass completions versus the Lions, but he also got picked off three times and sacked twice for a loss of 14 yards.<\/p>\n<p>One positive takeaway for the Bengals from the meeting with the Lions was the solid performance of star wide receiver Ja&#8217;Marr Chase.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/minutemedia-ressh.cloudinary.com\/image\/upload\/v1660464675\/shape\/cover\/sport\/https-3A-2F-2Fstripehype-com-2Fwp-content-2Fuploads-2Fgetty-images-2F2021-2F08-2F1331646816-850x560-87aa9abe9e01e4c821c18fd33445dba3.jpg\" alt=\"Bengals: Ja'Marr Chase will 'flop' in 2021, per Bleacher Report\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The star Bengals downfield weapon had been relatively quiet in the previous two games, during which he racked up just 73 receiving yards with zero touchdowns on 10 catches and 14 targets. But against Detroit, the 26-year-old wideout put up 110 receiving yards and found the end zone twice on six receptions and 10 targets. It&#8217;s worth noting that the two interceptions Browning threw in the first half were both targeted at Chase.<\/p>\n<p>The Bengals have several days ahead to think of a way to improve their offense. Given their struggles on that side of the field, there&#8217;s the possibility that Cincinnati would make a change under center, opting to go with Brett Rypien over Browning for their next game against the Green Bay Packers in Week 6.<\/p>\n<\/article>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Bengals head coach Zac Taylor speaks up on the team&#8217;s offense following yet another Cincinnati loss on Sunday against the Lions.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":34663,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[65,18,87],"class_list":["post-34662","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-cincinnati-bengals","tag-cincinnati-bengals","tag-nfl","tag-zac-taylor"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>BREAKING: Bengals&#039; 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