The Bengals' defense is still struggling to get stops, but offense proved enough to beat Andy Dalton, Panthers.

Here are three takeaways from Week 4’s 34-24 defeat to the Cincinnati Bengals: Head coach Dave Canales, months before actually leading the sidelines for Carolina, professed his intent to establish the run. So he should be a happy man when he looks at his running game in the film room tomorrow.

Over at NFL.com, every expert of the five polled take the Bengals by at least six points, with Dan Parr writing the following about the matchup with Dalton: Yes, I enjoyed the Red Rifle’s Week 3 revival as much as the next guy, but he is not anywhere close to the dynamic dual threat that the Bengals’ Week 3 torturer, Jayden Daniels, is right now.