Bengals are ‘absolutely, positively, unequivocally’ back according to CBS Sports

The Cincinnati Bengals picked up their second win of the season against the Arizona Cardinals in Week 5 by a score of 34-20. It might have been win No. 2 of the year, but it was the first game which they looked like the Bengals that were promised at the beginning of the year.

The offense showed up, and Adam Schein of CBS Sports thinks the Bengals are fully back.

“The answer is absolutely, positively, unequivocally yes,” he said. “Joe Burrow is healthy. And I don’t want to hear, ‘Oh that was just Arizona.’… I know the Bengals are back, because all that matters for Cincinnati: Is Joe Burrow healthy?”

Burrow was able to throw the deep ball like he hadn’t been doing in the first four weeks of the season, and he was even scrambling to take extra yards with his legs when he had the opportunity.

It was a different Bengals team on the field in Week 5 than it was the first few weeks. The team that beat the Cardinals looked more like the team that went to back-to-back AFC Championships. They dug themselves a hole, starting the year 1-3, but if they play like they’re capable of, that hole isn’t too deep to climb out of with the talent they have.

Are the @Bengals back? @AdamSchein thinks so.

“The answer is absolutely, positively, unequivocally yes.” pic.twitter.com/n7Dlf81uX4

— CBS Sports Network (@CBSSportsNet) October 10, 2023