CINCINNATI (WXIX) - MINNEAPOLIS — Cincinnati Bengals quarterback Jake Browning said that the team entered Week 3 with the plan to be efficient on first and second downs and avoid negative plays. The game plan, personnel and play calling throughout the first half signaled that the Bengals were trying to be conservative, manage a low scoring game and try to lure the Minnesota Vikings into being the team that made mistakes.

But the old line goes that everyone has a plan until they get punched in the mouth.

On Sunday at US Bank Stadium, the Bengals got punched in the mouth, kicked in the teeth, stomped on and dragged around the turf. The Vikings beat the Bengals, 48-10, in Jake Browning’s first start of the season.

The Bengals wanted to play it safe, but they wound up being the team that tu

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