I believe — genuinely — that no fan really wants to tank. Part of the reason for this is that for every Peyton Manning, there is a JaMarcus Russell. For every Victor Wembanyama there is an Anthony Bennett. For every Connor McDavid there is an Alexandre Daigle.

Isaiah Williams has been named the AFC Special Teams Player of the Week. But the story of his dynamic return-game contributions to the Jets' 39-38 win at Cincinnati didn't begin on Sunday but rather a month earlier.

Week 8 in the NFL has been one of the most lopsided since the merger with the AFL in 1970. Only one game, the New York Jets' 39-38 win over Cincinnati, was decided by single digits.

Cincinnati Bengals quarterback Joe Flacco suffered an apparent shoulder injury during the fourth quarter of the team's NFL Week 8 loss to the New York Jets, one of Flacco's former teams, at Paycor Stadium.

The Jets' defense got a welcome boost last week with the return of veteran outside linebacker Quincy Williams, who was placed on the injured list after sustaining a shoulder injury in the Week 3 game at Tampa Bay. He missed four games.

Breece Hall rushed for two second-half touchdowns and threw a 4-yard TD pass to Mason Taylor with 1:54 left, helping the New York Jets edge the Cincinnati Bengals 39-38 for their first win under coach

The Bengals’ season-high in points wasn’t enough to get Joe Flacco his second straight win, leading the defensive players to take action on Monday.

Here are the Bengals players who will not play against the Jets: