Bengals Beat Podcast: Playing to your level

Enquirer Bengals beat writers Jim Owczarski and Paul Dehner Jr. discuss what will be the defining stretch of the 2017 season and where the Bengals will land playing a line of quality teams. Plus, we wonder if Sunday against Cleveland was an outlier in the running game or sign of real progress, talk about what Bengals fans desperately need to see out of this franchise right now and ask what to make of this defense.

Hear from safety George Iloka and center Russell Bodine.

Plus, we power rank marsupials and offer a holiday edition of what's making us mad and happy.