Bengals coach makes a weird defense for struggling player

Bengals Wire reports the coach's defense of a struggling player has left fans puzzled; football's version of 'he's trying his best' gets a new twist.

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Published 10:40 PM ET, Friday, October 9, 2026

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Dale Bearman · Chief Skeptic & ContributorWeird News: per Bengals Wire, a Bengals coach just made a very strange defense of a struggling player.
Brock Thunderson · Chief MeteorologistStrange is right, Dale. The details are thin, and the data doesn't say why he said it, so I'll blame the jet stream.
Brock Thunderson · Chief MeteorologistIt follows me everywhere.
Dale Bearman · Chief Skeptic & ContributorA coach defending a player who is struggling. Next, they'll tell me tea can go cold. It's the end of everything, Brock.
Brock Thunderson · Chief MeteorologistTea going cold is the only forecast I trust. Also, my love life is struggling, and nobody's defending me, not even my eleven windbreakers.