Locked On Bengals - Daily Podcast On The Cincinnati Bengals
Oct 21, 2026 · 1 hr 7 min · 25 segments
The Bengals have a massive AFC North game at the Baltimore Ravens on Sunday. The AFC North is, once again, the toughest division in the AFC. Where do the Bengals stand in the division? Alex Frank…
Evan StacyPanelistI'm f- I, I think they could have won whoever they played last week, so, you know, they didn't get a chance to get to 4-2.
Well, I tell you what, you know, as you start to look at it, and yeah, they're 3-2.
The one thing that we all need to be cognitive of is they haven't played two of the teams.
That's why all of these NFC North games, or excuse me, I've, uh, was in the NFC too long.
The AFC North teams are so, so very important because you have to win your division to get the seed that you want down the road.
But, uh, this is crucial for the Bengals, the, uh, '26 Bengals to show up and show everybody exactly what they're capable of.

Yeah, I still feel pretty good about where they stand in the division, even though they're technically last.

I think they're a half game back from the top, as [coughs] all the teams have two losses.

And so, you know, e- early on, I think, I don't know if anyone really expected the AFC North to be this tight coming into the first five weeks, 'cause like you opened with, Alex, a lot of new coaches in the division.

But everyone's kinda hit the ground running, and so it's a lot tighter of a race than we originally thought.

But I think with the Ravens falling to the Browns, that helps the Bengals overall pretty highly.
I'm f- I, I think they could have won whoever they played last week, so, you know, they didn't get a chance to get to 4-2.
Well, I tell you what, you know, as you start to look at it, and yeah, they're 3-2.
The one thing that we all need to be cognitive of is they haven't played two of the teams.
That's why all of these NFC North games, or excuse me, I've, uh, was in the NFC too long.
The AFC North teams are so, so very important because you have to win your division to get the seed that you want down the road.
But, uh, this is crucial for the Bengals, the, uh, '26 Bengals to show up and show everybody exactly what they're capable of.

Yeah, I still feel pretty good about where they stand in the division, even though they're technically last.

I think they're a half game back from the top, as [coughs] all the teams have two losses.

And so, you know, e- early on, I think, I don't know if anyone really expected the AFC North to be this tight coming into the first five weeks, 'cause like you opened with, Alex, a lot of new coaches in the division.

But everyone's kinda hit the ground running, and so it's a lot tighter of a race than we originally thought.

But I think with the Ravens falling to the Browns, that helps the Bengals overall pretty highly.
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