With no mustache talk imminent, I guess we can talk about the defense.
First impressions in games can be hard to change. In the early going, the Bengals were doing whatever they wanted. But the defense really stiffens up after their early struggles, which ended up defining this contest more than the early mishaps.
Cincinnati went: TD, Punt, TD to start things off. But then it went: Punt, Punt, Punt, Missed FG, Punt, FG, Punt.
To give up 3 points in 7 possessions is pretty nice (that excludes the 8th possession, on which they kneeled to end regulation).
The way things were so rough early and improved so much later makes you wonder how much the new OC had to do with it. Did they need a few possessions to figure out what he was up to and scheme to stop it? I've been as much a Capers critic as any, but he clearly made some needed in-game adjustments.