“Ain’t nobody trying to watch Bo Nix, a rookie quarterback, play over Joe Burrow,” Saturday said, according to Zack Kelberman. Everybody’s tuning in [for] Joe Burrow, Ja’Marr Chase, Tee Higgins. … If they get in the playoffs, it’s a much better story.”

If you had told an average NFL fan that the Cincinnati Bengals would be fighting for their playoff lives with two weeks to play while the Denver Broncos were sitting comfortably in a playoff spot at that same point,

Bengals starting left tackle Orlando Brown Jr. will return to the field for the first time in weeks when Cincinnati takes on the Denver Broncos on Saturday.