Eli was Jekyll and Hyde the last quarter of the season... he was either making a really good play for the defense, or getting absolutely torched. No in-between. He probably won them the Tennessee game, but also probably lost them the Rams game (with an assist to Lou Anarumo for not having Chidobe Awuzie shadow Kupp after Beckham got hurt).
The problem is that he was constantly talking shit and making a fool of himself on Twitter, even if he played like dogshit. He made himself public enemy #1... and even as a Bengals fan, I love the fact that he has to eat crow and that his momma lets it get to her lol.