Cincinnati Bengals fans over the years have learned to expect the worst. Yet what happened Sunday at Minnesota was beyond their worst nightmares.

In their first game this season without franchise quarterback Joe Burrow, the Bengals lost 48-10 to the Vikings, the worst defeat by point margin in franchise history. It was Cincinnati’s 13th loss by at least 35 points.

With myriad problems on offense, at least the Bengals (2-1) have an extra day to prepare. They play at Denver next Monday night.

“Finding the balance of like, knowing, sitting in that feeling, knowing how it feels, going through watching the film and addressing the issues, but not letting this emotion of how you feel after a game like that, turn it into a bad locker (room),” quarterback Jake Browning said. “Trying to separate

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