CINCINNATI (AP) — It’s one thing to start the season on the road. The Bengals have the daunting challenge of leaving home for the second week, too, which is usually too much travel for an NFL team.
Cincinnati has never won back-to-back road games to open a season, and it’s in good company on that one.
Over the past two seasons, nine teams opened with back-to-back road games. None of them went 2-0. The previous team to open with two road wins was Miami in 2013, when the Dolphins won at Cleveland and at Indianapolis.
The Bengals are accustomed to opening on the road — it’ll be their seventh straight season with an away game when they play at the Jets on Sunday — but they’ve got a tall order.
They’ve never won at the Meadowlands. The following week, they play at Pittsburgh, renewing their raw AFC North rivalry.