Fantasy Insanity Drew Loftis The worrying Week 2 trend that should make fantasy owners think twice about Joe Burrow By Drew Loftis Published Sep. 18, 2026, 5:52 p.m. ET Cincinnati Bengals' Joe Burrow (9) winds up a throw during practice outside of Paycor Stadium. USA TODAY Network via Reuters Connect The sports world is famous for its curses. There’s the Curse of the Bambino, Curse of the Billy Goat, Madden Curse, Masters Par-3 Jinx.
Don’t forget the Same Old Jets, whatever they’re calling what happens to the Browns nowadays, and there’s the San Diego/Los Angeles Chargers — who have made a verb out of themselves, like: There go the Chargers finding a new, creative way to lose. They are chargering again.
Then there is what happens to Joe Burrow and the Bengals to begin every season. Let’s call it the Cincy September Swoon.
It sounds silly, we know, like we just made it up. Because we sort of did. It is a real thing, it just didn’t have a name until now (that we know of).
