The Cincinnati Bengals officially have problems.

Cincinnati lost its second consecutive game of the season, falling 22-17 to the Jacksonville Jaguars. The defense played without some key players and managed to give the offense a chance at the end, and without two of their best players on the final drive, the Bengals fell short.

Here are a winners and losers from the Bengals’ second loss of the year.

Winners from Bengals’ 22-17 loss against Jaguars in NFL Week 4

WR Tee Higgins, Dohnte Meyers

With Ja’Marr Chase missing most of the game with a concussion, tee Higgins had to step up and sufficiently did by the end of the game. He hauled 11 receptions for 157 yards on 16 targets. He appeared to suffer a groin injury on the penultimate drive, so hopefully he’s fine for next week.

Dohnte Meyers had to step up as well with receiver depth becoming razor thin by the end of the game. He made arguably his best catch of his career on the final drive, giving him career-high seven receptions for 82 yards.

DT Jonathan Allen

Cincinnati’s defensive line brought it in spurts on Sunday, but defensive tackle Jonathan Allen was the most consistent in terms of disruption. He finished with a handful of pressures and a run stop at the line of scrimmage. He’s playing without B.J. Hill in the rotation, so he’s been very good considering the circumstances.

Losers from Bengals’ 22-17 loss against Jaguars in NFL Week 4

RB Chase Brown

The Bengals got absolutely nothing out of their run game on Sunday, and more eyes need to be on Chase Brown. He finished with just 10 yards on nine carries, creating essentially zero yards on his own. They need him to force missed tackles or else one half of the offense will be completely non-threatening every week.

S Jordan Battle

He was playing a bit banged up, but Cincinnati’s lone Week 1 starting safety was still incompetent in key moments, missing multiple tackles in space and getting lost in coverage alongside cornerback Dax Hill for Jacksonville’s first touchdown of the afternoon. He may have to be demoted here pretty soon once Bryan Cook and Kyle Dugger get healthy again.

QB Joe Burrow

The volume yardage and a near-comeback win isn’t going to redeem the starting quarterback here. Joe Burrow’s two interceptions ended drives that needed to result in points. He had a chance to win the game after finally putting together a fourth quarter scoring drive, but it was once again not enough. Two touchdown drives all game with the defense disadvantage due to injuries is simply not gonna cut it, with or without Chase.

HC Zac Taylor

I’ll give some grace with the Chase injury, but this offense is in desperate need of finding easy answers, and that comes down to play-calling. Head coach Zac Taylor was once again, not as aggressive as he needed to be, and can’t figure out how to jumpstart a run game, or put together play action passes that makes life easier for his personnel. At some point, being almost is simply just not being enough.