The Bengals head south for their pre-Christmas game vs. the Dolphins. The game is for only fans now as both teams have been eliminated. The game is scheduled for a 1:00pm kick on CBS. Go Bengals! WHO DEY!!

Bengals win, Miami got bullied last night in Pittsburgh pretty good. 23-20 type of game Sunday. 

The weather looks nice!

Easy win for the Dolphins.

At this point, you hope the Bengals lose to get better draft position. Last thing the Bengals need is to go on a three game winning streak now to end this season, to give false hope thinking they figured it out and leading to no changes. 

I think Burrow was embarrassed by his performance last Sunday. He will put points on the board. Will the defense be able to keep the Dolphins from scoring more?

Looks like the Fins are tanking, from NFL.com:

The Miami Dolphins are benching Tagovailoa in favor of seventh-round rookie Quinn Ewers ahead of Sunday's Week 16 game against the Cincinnati Bengals, NFL Network Insiders Ian Rapoport, Mike Garafolo and Tom Pelissero reported on Wednesday, per sources informed of the move.

On 12/16/2025 at 11:21 AM, futurecoach said:

At this point, you hope the Bengals lose to get better draft position. Last thing the Bengals need is to go on a three game winning streak now to end this season, to give false hope thinking they figured it out and leading to no changes. 

I agree but the with QB change the Bengals are 4 now.  And, this would be a fun excuse to jet off to Florida. 

On 12/16/2025 at 11:21 AM, futurecoach said:

At this point, you hope the Bengals lose to get better draft position. Last thing the Bengals need is to go on a three game winning streak now to end this season, to give false hope thinking they figured it out and leading to no changes. 

Better draft position practically immaterial with our history lately.

49 minutes ago, Oldercoach said:

Better draft position practically immaterial with our history lately.

When the Bengals have a top 5 pick, they usually have been able to hit on it. As it’s hard to mess those up thankfully lol. 

I predict bad, REALLY bad football.

Bengals win handily. The Bengals only lose if they let Achane go for 150+ yards and that definitely could happen.

16 minutes ago, Tranquility Base said:

I predict bad, REALLY bad football.

I think it will be entertaining. 

3 minutes ago, theguru said:

I think it will be entertaining. 

In a trainwreckish kind of way.   

Although it looks like Miami will be playing Quinn Ewers instead of Tua, so he may look like a Hall of Famer in his first start.

I saw some bad Bengals teams keep Chris Chandler in the league for a lot of years.

2 hours ago, futurecoach said:

When the Bengals have a top 5 pick, they usually have been able to hit on it. As it’s hard to mess those up thankfully lol. 

1. Akili Smith - 1999 NFL Draft, 1st round, 3rd overall
2. Ki-Jana Carter - 1995 NFL Draft, 1st round, 1st overall
3. Peter Warrick - 2000 NFL draft, 1st round, 4th overall
4. David Klinger - 1992 NFL Draft, 1st round, 6th overall
5. Jack Thompson - 1979 NFL Draft, 1st round, 3rd overall

Bengals can still mess up top picks in the first round.