Bengals' Taylor planning 'to look at all personnel'

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CINCINNATI -- Bengals manager Zac Taylor sounded unfastened to the anticipation of a imaginable backmost alteration aft Jake Browning struggled again successful a 37-24 nonaccomplishment to the Detroit Lions connected Sunday.

Taylor said helium plans to measure wherefore the discourtesy struggled successful a 3rd consecutive defeat, comments that came aft Browning threw 3 interceptions earlier helium led the Bengals to 3 touchdowns successful the last 4th to marque the last borderline of triumph much aesthetically pleasing.

"After a crippled similar that, we're going to look astatine each unit to marque definite we're doing the close thing," Taylor said erstwhile asked if helium inactive believes successful Browning moving forward. "I won't shy distant from that due to the fact that it's a precise just question aft the magnitude of turnovers that we had."

Browning was 26-of-40 passing for 251 yards, 3 touchdowns and 3 interceptions. But each 3 TDs and 133 of those yards came successful the 4th quarter, aft Cincinnati was walloped aboriginal for a 3rd consecutive week.

Browning, who replaced the injured Joe Burrow, was booed aft respective drives successful the archetypal half. Once the mistakes kept rolling, helium was booed arsenic helium led the discourtesy connected the field.

The seasoned backup didn't disagree with them. After the loss, Browning said helium fto the squad and the fans down and didn't play good capable to enactment Cincinnati successful a winning position.

Browning's archetypal interception, a hopeful heavy shot intended for wide receiver Ja'Marr Chase, came aft the bulk of his passes to that constituent were abbreviated throws.

Browning has thrown 8 interceptions successful 4 games this season. When helium started 7 games successful 2023, besides successful spot of the injured Burrow, helium threw 7 interceptions successful 9 contests.

"I gotta prime my spots better," Browning said. "I threw 3 picks that were conscionable bad. And there's nary hiding from that. It was atrocious football. From me."

The Bengals presently person 3 different quarterbacks successful the building. Brett Rypien is connected the 53-player roster, and Mike White and Sean Clifford are connected the signifier squad.

Entering Sunday, Taylor expressed "unwavering" assurance successful Browning. And contempt opening the doorway for a caller starting option, Taylor inactive held onto immoderate of that content aft the latest loss.

"I judge Jake tin triumph games for us," Taylor said. "I do. We'll conscionable proceed to look astatine everything we can, personnel-wise."

Taylor, the seventh-year manager and the team's violative play-caller, shouldered work for the ineffective offense. Sunday marked the 3rd consecutive crippled the Bengals scored conscionable 3 points done the archetypal 3 quarters. Cincinnati scored 21 points successful the 4th quarter, aft the Lions had opened up a 28-3 lead.

Chase finished the crippled with six catches for 110 yards and 2 touchdowns. Tee Higgins besides had a precocious touchdown.

At his locker aft the game, Chase was asked if getting the discourtesy going earlier starts with targeting him and Higgins arsenic overmuch arsenic possible.

"We've been doing that," Chase said. "I conscionable deliberation it's a pugnacious ta...

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