Playoffs or not, Jake Browning and the Cincinnati Bengals plan to leave it all out there in Sunday’s season finale.
Per ESPN’s Ben Baby, Browning said he’s seen teams come out with lesser effort in “meaningless” games, but that won’t be the Bengals in Week 18.
“Just the fact that at the beginning of this week, Ja’Marr [Chase] says, ‘No, I’m playing’ and everybody’s like, ‘Here we go, let’s lock in, let’s finish this thing right,'” the QB explained.
CIN QB Jake Browning said he’s seen teams play with bad effort w/ nothing on the line. Not the case in Cincy.
JB: “Just the fact that at the beginning of this week, Ja’Marr says, ‘No, I’m playing’ and everybody’s like, ‘Here we go, let’s lock in, let’s finish this thing right.’”— Ben Baby (@Ben_Baby) January 3, 2024
The Bengals were eliminated from playoff contention with last week’s loss to the Kansas City Chiefs and currently sit at 8-8 with a week to go.
Cincinnati started the season slow and started to heat up just before star quarterback Joe Burrow was ruled out the rest of the way with a wrist injury.
Nevertheless, pride is on the line in Week 18 as the Bengals host the in-state rival Browns and the team’s leadership isn’t going to let them slack in their final game.