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The first season with a new stud quarterback featured only two additional wins for the franchise, and some significant time missed due to injury.
Yet there were enough positive moments for the first-year signal caller to offset whatever growing pains were endured by the perennial losing team’s new franchise player.
This was the 2020 tale of Joe Burrow and the Bengals, whose sudden turnaround this year was completed when Cincinnati clinched its first playoff berth and first AFC North title since 2015 with Sunday’s thrilling 34-31 win over the Chiefs.
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