Zac Taylor and the Cincinnati Bengals not only got a much-needed victory in an opener, they got it by winning ugly and a couple of breaks going their way.

Cincinnati’s 17-16 victory over the Cleveland Browns on Sunday was a far cry from last season when the Bengals lost four games despite scoring at least 30 points and dropped two games by one point.

“Forget about the stats. Forget about the score. Forget about how it all played out. The best the outcome could have been was 1-0 and we’re proud of that. We’ll make some corrections and move forward,” coach Zac Taylor said.

It was also a game where Taylor can say all three phases contributed to the win.

Joe Burrow and the offense struggled in the second half, but it found the end zone on two of the first three possessions to put the Benga

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