Chicago's biggest offensive downfall, showed early in last week's loss to the Baltimore Ravens as they got into the red zone twice but had to settle for field goals after they were unable to score a touchdown on either drive.

That’s the issue: Burrow could still come back and the Bengals are, technically, second in the AFC North at 3-5 behind Pittsburgh, a 4-3 team Cincinnati has already defeated once. Baltimore is 2-5 and Cleveland 2-6. In theory, a win in Week 9 keeps the Bengals at 4-5 and in the hunt while Burrow remains on track for a mid-December return.

Bengals WR Andrei Iosivas had 6 drops in the first 35 games of his career. He's had 4 in the 3. Unlike the passes, he said his confidence level hasn't dropped.

The Bears travel to Cincinnati to face the Bengals. Can they slow down Ja’Marr Chase? @SamHouseholder has the preview.

Here is one player from the Cincinnati Bengals that the Chicago Bears would steal and put on their roster for a major boost to the franchise.

Pro Football Focus isn’t high on the Chicago Bears entering Week 9 against the Bengals. Here’s where the team stands in PFF’s Week 9 NFL Power Rankings.

A week removed from a shockingly poor effort during the upset loss at the hands of the New York Jets, Bengals defenders were greeted at practice with basic tackling drills. From Charlie Goldsmith of Fox 19: “The Bengals are doing a pre practice tackling circuit. As players walk on, a coach says, ‘find somewhere to tackle.’”

At Wednesday’s media session, head coach Zac Taylor explained how the Bengals finally found their offensive identity through the ground game.

According to injury news out of Cincinnati, the Chicago Bears might get to face Bengals' QB Jake Browning instead of Joe Flacco in Week 9.