Bengals determined to prove Super Bowl was no fluke in 2022 NFL season

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The Cincinnati Bengals are determined to show they're not a Super Bowl one-hit wonder.

The Bengals say they want to prove the team's culture has undergone a monumental shift under coach Zac Taylor and winning is the new standard in a city that was starved for sports success.

That's not hard to sell as long as the Bengals quarterback is Joe Burrow, who in his second year led the team on a nail-biting Super Bowl run that hardly anybody saw coming.

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Cincinnati Bengals coach Zac Taylor speaks with players on the field during warmups before the NFL football preseason game against the Arizona Cardinals in Cincinnati, Friday, Aug. 12, 2022. (AP Photo/Jeff Dean)

If Burrow can stay reasonably healthy — basically, if a retooled offensive line can keep the franchise quarterback off the turf — the Bengals have to like their chances in 2022.

Burrow was the most-sacked quarterback in the league, but Cincinnati won the AFC North with a 10-7 record before edging the Raiders 26-19 in the wild-card round. In the divisional round, rookie Evan McPherson kicked his fourth field goal of the game, a 52-yarder as time expired, to give the Bengals a 19-16 win over Tennessee.

The AFC championship game was even more of a thriller: McPherson's 31-yard kick in overtime was the difference as the Bengals beat the Chiefs.

Cincinnati lost to the Los Angeles Rams 23-20 in the Super Bowl as Burrow went down seven more times to make it an even 70 sacks for the season.

Taylor, who was 6-25-1 through his first two years, believes Cincinnati is not only ready to make another Super Bowl run but is built to last.

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