‘They know what they have right now’ and other national reactions to Bengals’ win

A week ago, the theme the “Bengals are back” surrounded the Cincinnati Bengals after the explosive post-bye showing.

That’s only amplified to extreme degrees after the Sunday night win over the Buffalo Bills.

Just like that, the Bengals have won four in a row, fully looking like the Super Bowl contender that was promised before Joe Burrow’s calf injury over the summer.

Not only have the Bengals won four in a row, they took down two other purported contenders during a sequence many fans would have been fine with going 1-1 by beating the 49ers in San Francisco and the Bills on primetime.

Here’s a look at some of the national reactions to the showing for the Bengals.