Bengals Keeping Zac Taylor & Hiring New Coaches | Was it RIGHT Decision?

[@dako91196]

The loss to the Patriots in Week 1 will go down as a Zac Taylor classic

[@mb34012]

He was protecting Joe burrow, his qb was coming off a wrist injury. He isn’t the reason why tanner hudson fumbled at the goal line.

[@malikwilson7387]

​@@mb34012another excuse Taylor is a mediocre head coach

[@shamrockshawtty]

Funny thing about that play is that week the NFL released a statement saying it wasnt a fumble and in fact a TD. ​@mb34012

[@petergozinya2607]

I looked at my wife after Patriots game and said our season is over..

[@donniekidwell180]

I believe we had a few players out against the Patriots. And Zack didn’t fumble the ball.

[@edwinmiller1042]

Training Camp is clearly a problem. Something is wrong because they have never been ready for the start of the season.

[@ReformedJerry]

I don’t think so. It’s been burrow starting slow and this year it was burrow starting slow AND a trash defense.

[@joellahrman4557]

At some point it has to be a pattern. Burrow was coming off injury/surgery in both 2022 and 2023, and they had tough opponents those years, but 1-11 is not a coincidence. Playing starters more in preseason is what many people focus on. I'm not sure that's the cause. But something needs to change.

[@WhoDey1968]

@@ReformedJerry 🤣🤣🤣

[@johnkammer4754]

Yes,there,is the problem, the lack of attention, taking it too easy on the player's, and the tackling problematic 4:05 em pha

[@malikwilson7387]

​​@@joellahrman4557the Patriots ain't tough stopbthe excuses

[@christophercrowley9535]

Taylor is 1 - 11 in Weeks 1 & 2 in his career but you're blaming the slow starts on Lou? Ridiculous

[@jasonhensley7455]

Literally almost every game after that Lou was terrible.

[@WhoDey1968]

Totally ridiculous. Totally inept. Totally incompetent. Totally complacent.

[@WhoDey1968]

@@jasonhensley7455 literally that makes zero sense. He’s talking about the slow starts, not games after that, and if you want to go that far, look at how much better the D played these last 5 games.

[@no2_j]

I mean, Lou was the DC during that entire time so he’s technically 1-11 as well lol. But I agree, this falls more on the HC, especially when in a lot of those games it’s been the offense that’s particularly out of rhythm, sloppy, mediocre or all three.

[@matthaisB]

That's not quite what I was saying. I'm suggesting that next year, an improved defense will likely be enough in the games after week 1, given how amazing Joe is. I made no claims about the previous years, nor where the blame should be apportioned. Just that next year, even if Joe finishes with 38 TDs and 12 picks and, say 3,800 yards, but with a top 15 defense, they are more likely to go 8-4 than they are to go 4-8. I do blame Lou for clinging to his difficult defense when at least half the problem.is his guys don't tackle well and didn't improve much in 17 weeks, but that's not relevant to what I was saying before.

[@stevefunderburgh8852]

I wish Zac would keep the foot on the pedal when they are ahead. But no, Zac takes it off and then you're hoping we win.

[@allwork1980]

Exactly. He coaches scared & were too good to let off the gas, but we always do

[@franklinscott3rd273]

Duke Tobin and the front office are to blame

[@spaceknight793]

We need a real GM.

[@edwinmiller1042]

No…Taylor is part of the problem too. Too many instances of strange in-game decisions, poor clock management, delay in making changes, etc.

[@WhoDey1968]

Absolutely

[@joellahrman4557]

Not sure that's fair. If you watch any other NFL games you'll see similar clock management. I'm not sure he's any worse at it than anyone else. He's MUCH better than Marvin Lewis (who I generally liked as coach).

[@WhoDey1968]

@@joellahrman4557 Zac Taylor uses twice as many timeouts in the 3rd quarter than the next guy. It’s totally fair and not comparable to the rest of the NFL.

[@jouleonoupshaw8236]

@@WhoDey1968definitely need to get him gone lol it’s no way we would shouldn’t be in the playoffs n it’s games we could of won but lack of time management

[@edwinmiller1042]

@@joellahrman4557 All you need to watch is the last 2 minutes of the Steelers game. That encapsulated all the Taylor coaching screw-ups for the entire season. In that situation, how do you not force the Steelers to use all their timeouts and nearly run out the clock? That easily could have cost them the game. He was fortunate the Defense played out of its mind for once.

[@William-f4s]

Trey hendrickson is a bad ass

[@joshwallace6328]

The ONLY reason Taylor wasn't fired is because the Browns don't want to pay his remaining contract if he's not in the building. So now we have to hope the players can overcome his coaching or that they miss the playoffs again...

[@edwinmiller1042]

Taylor knew coming out of the gate that the defensive issues had not been resolved, the O-line had not been improved, etc. Those issues persisted the entire year. That’s on Taylor.

[@franklinscott3rd273]

Wrong. It's on Duke Tobin and the front office. Taylor can only coach what they give him.

[@edwinmiller1042]

@ We all know that’s a given but that also leads straight to Mike Brown’s office. The slow starts and conference record is all on Taylor.

[@WhoDey1968]

@@franklinscott3rd273 absolutely the front office AND on Zac. Look at his September record and his lopsided offense (1st passing, 30th rushing).

[@Montrovantis]

No, it's probably not on Taylor.

[@donniekidwell180]

That’s on the GM and Ownership. You can only play the players you have.

[@mb34012]

Yall gotta do questions from the chat live stream for the locked on bengals family.

[@0831fabian]

At least a couple

[@JakeLiscow-uv6si]

The offseason would be the time we could do this sort of thing! We'll talk about it for sure and let you know if we plan to do one.

[@justchillin4065]

The 5 year rule says keeping Zac is a mistake. Does anyone actually believe he can rewrite history ?

[@patrickwright8552]

What is the 5 year rule?

[@pudgeballroundpants1941]

M Brown refused to open the purse strings as defensive talent fell to injuries. The coaches looked bad as overall def performance suffered. M Brown blamed the coaches for that decline in performance. The coaches probably complained behind closed doors to the point that it poisoned their relationships with M Brown. Zack is not elite, he's not very good DURING games.

[@spaceknight793]

Cincy drafted defense in the first 3 rounds of 2 of the last 3 drafts. Two first rounders, three second rounders, two third rounders... if that's not helping the defense, what is? They already spent $100 million on the defense in 2020 and 2021.

[@pudgeballroundpants1941]

@@spaceknight793 So, if I understand you, the Bengals have drafted MANY early picks and have nothing to show for it, and it's the players that they drafteds fault, not scouting/coaching/ownership's fault?

[@Buckdalorian]

Hear me out, hire Saleh as DC/Assistant HC. Fire ZT half way through the season, Saleh becomes HC and Pitcher gets to actually do his job as OC. Shouldn’t be a big issue with continuity having Pitcher being the OC and Joe/offense already know him and the system. Realistically, those big name guys are going to command $$$, and Mike Brown ain’t about that life

[@JustMe99999]

Sure, because he was so successful in New York. As DC - all for it. As HC? No way.

[@tomv4545]

Why do you hire Saleh, the guy never support for our country??????

[@R36EL8]

🤫

[@spaceknight793]

You think Burrow wants Saleh? Jets offense was lousy.

[@stevefunderburgh8852]

I hope with a new Offense line coach , the Bengals can run the ball late in games to close it out and keep Joe from getting sacked when Zac calls pass plays just to keep the clock running.

[@trub1979]

Thank you Jake for looking back at the season and giving an informed opinion about Zac.

[@pdureska7814]

You can count on one thing with the DC search, they will go cheap.

[@Nathan_Strait]

The problem wasn’t Zac’s offense. He’s getting another shot let’s see it. Fix the Defense.

[@pdureska7814]

Fix the O line (yeah still) and get a clue on the run game Zac. We got a great back in Chase Brown if only he had some blocking.

[@vinson5200]

No Don't waste no more time with Zac

[@William-f4s]

Kansas city threw that game so they didn't have to play our bengals.i saw it.

[@NathanDean79]

The slow stats have to stop. 1 more and Taylor would be gone. 3 years in a row. 22, 23, 24 all slow starts. Each one worse than the one before. 0-4 this year. I like Vrabel but he is a defensive coach. All the teams that win the Super Bowl every year have an offensive coach. Our offense wasn’t the problem this year. Pollock was the O line coach but was also run game coordinator. He sucked at it. We have been bottom 5 in rushing for 3 of the last 4 years. Thats on pollock.

[@joeressa]

zac taylor should be fired

[@TheRealNicoMathews]

3rd and 1 they will pass the ball. They can’t run for 1 yard

[@whynocht5058]

Before Zac got here it wasn’t a fail to go 9-8. He made the culture of superbowl or bust. He made us relevant. He deserves a chance. Before him we were happy just to win a playoff game. Y’all forget what Marvin was like but I don’t.

[@ohiu-v4z]

lol zac taylor is not the cause of the culture of superbowl or bust culture. Bengals generational qb (Joe Burrow) is the reason for that and the reason Bengals are relevant. It would be like giving Mike Brown credit for taking the Cavs to the superbowl when they had LeBron James on their team

[@JustMe99999]

And remember the 90's and early 2000's before Marvin. I think a lot of these fans are very young.

[@R36EL8]

@@ohiu-v4zhe is.. he was the reason the older players wanted to leave they didn’t believe but the real ones stayed.. the Free agents believed and we made history.. and it’s still not finished

[@PigNathe]

And don't have the internet, or they still would have seen something about the ~15 year tenure of Marvin Lewis.

[@thatdude4011]

Lewis took ANDY DALTON, and PAC Man to the playoffs 5 years in a row… he would have done much better with this roste than what we see.

[@allwork1980]

We should've cleaned house. Zac Taylor isn't the guy. Elite talent needs elite coaching/play calling, Burrow is WAY to good to have an average coaching staff.🐯🏈💯

[@R36EL8]

Average coaches don’t win in the playoffs…

[@joshwallace6328]

@@R36EL8 Ehh most coaches don't have near the amount of superstars the bengals do (or did have) when they were winning playoff games. This year they're not even making the playoffs... How hard is it to lose with a Burrow a Chase and a Higgins?

[@makeit-takeit6707]

The reason the Bengals are cold as ice the first two or three weeks of the season, is because they don't play their starters during the preseason. It doesn't matter if it's the offense, or the defense, you got to get these guys warmed up and ready to play on week 1. You keep treating them like fine china during the preseason, they're going to break like fine china when it's time to play for the money. I understand why they don't, but it's a double-edged sword, and it can cut both ways.

[@percyschannel4187]

This team needs intensity more than anything. Zac is relatively passive and so was Lou (and Marion Hobbs). That type of energy trickles down to the players and causes these lackluster, underwhelming starts to the season. Weeks 1-4 are not about preparation as much as they are enforcing your will upon your opponent. The Bengals always start slow because they’re not prepared for that early season intensity. Week 1, every team is hopeful, healthy (usually), and hungry. The Bengals are usually healthy but never look hungry until December

[@nkyryry]

I’ll say it, the relationship between Joe & Zac is irrelevant. This isn’t the fucking best friends club. If Joe is attached to Zac, that’s a problem. It’s not a reason to keep him.

[@andrewbishop4447]

Id say joe is as fed up as we are Hence burrow getting lippy on the sideline about the delay of game penalty as “fucking embarrassing “

[@mccalejk2]

If Joe Burrow wasn’t their QB, Zac Taylor would have been gone a couple seasons ago. He’s not a good coach. He just has a QB that is really good.

[@10Flat]

I enjoy this channel. I come for individual player news only. I don’t expect them to speak unfiltered truth about ownership or coaching, I understand it’s all about access. I’m 699.6 miles away. Who Dey!

[@PigNathe]

Organization needs a leader.

[@denizgifford1670]

In the 7 Playoff Games the Defense and Kicker had to close every game for them when the Offense had Most of the talent... 0 points on last 5 possessions of a SB... Now the Kicker and Defense is struggling and it is clear now more than ever the Offense cannot Close when the ball is in their hands!!! Why does Taylor get all the Talent when it takes him 3 possessions in OT to get and go for a TD to win the game... So many 1 score games where they could have won the game with the offense... When any group struggles the rest of the team steps up. This year when the team gave up 30 or more they lost all 6 of the games... Zach running it 3 times to kick a 53 yard Fg in OT... Settling and missing fgs in tie games. When the lights and Offense has to do a little more to walk away with a win they choke!!!! There were 4 games when the offense did not score more than 20 points... You would think the team would be out of all those games and instead they won 3 out of the 4 games, why because the defense closed those games out... The loss was week 1 when Taylor's side had the ball in his hand down 6 and came up short! Can you give me one time this year where the Offense Won the game for the Bengal's late??? Where def, or STs was struggling but they put it on them to win it??? 0!!! From SB going 0 for last 5 possessions or going back to back with 0 points in Arrowhead to lose.. The star studded Offense needs so many possessions to break through when the game is on the line. In 7 of those playoff games everyone pretends Taylor and Burrow scored 35+ a game and they won it all with shootouts!!! Well the Offense never scored 28 points in all 7 games. Taylor this year has shown week in and week out he cannot close... Great Defenses are more than just Scheme. You need Studs, Leadership and Communication. The all time great defenses had multiple leaders and talent and they let Bates walk out the door... Now they cant play aggressive as the back end is not sound. The 5 game winning streak was possible because of the defense and special teams. Muffed Punt was lucky but saved the game... Forced 6 TOs when the Taylor led offense had 3 TOs... Held Browns to 6 points.... Had to get 2 Critical Stops in OT because Zach does not seem to understand a TD win in OT automatically!!! Against Steelers to close out the season, the Offense could have put game away with a TD at any point, or at the end they could have put the game away with a few first downs, instead the Defense had to close!!! Taylor's inability to close is why he will never win... Now the Cap will be dedicated to his side of the ball and so he will still need to figure out how to close out games and in 5 years he still does not understand how to close!!!!

[@deja_vu..]

This is going to be an intreresting offseason for a change.

[@devonavant3497]

"Proper preparation beats poor performance." I've been going to Bengals training camps since I was a teenager. The last two camps I've seen don't look nearly as intense. Guys are going through the motions playing half speed. You think, well they're pros, they'll turn it on during the regular season. In the Zac Taylor era, it doesn't happen.

[@terrylbateman4030]

Well this defense needs to be dominant like Baltimore Pittsburgh

[@ryanrose8712]

In regards to Zac. Burrow had his best season in regards to the offense literally could score at will some games. If we start slow again next year a change would be needed

[@wanderlking8634]

James, your strength is thinking like a competitor. Sometimes I don't sense the Bengals FO has that energy.

[@William-f4s]

Trey is a bad ass

[@Mmm-xi7fx]

Yes to Robert Salah. They need the energy and juice that he brings.

[@NathanDean79]

Zach Taylor has out coached Andy Reid at least 3 times. He has out coached Mike Tomlin and John Harbaugh too. Best Harbaugh and the Ravens in the playoffs in 2022. The game where Sam Hubbard had a scoop and score. Yes retaining Zach Taylor was the right thing. However if we don’t make the playoffs and /or Super Bowl next year k would consider moving on. If we don’t make the playoffs at least next year then I would let Taylor go. I have a feeling we are going to be near unstoppable Next season and we will win the Super Bowl. The fact of the matter is Taylor is an offensive minded head coach and we had the number 5 offense in football this year. The 5th ranked offense and the 28th ranked defense. Moving on from Lou and Frank Pollock and Marion Hobby were all good ideas. I don’t want to hear this bullshit about all of our good players on defense left in free agency. Bates is the best at his position and should have been retained. So should Reader but they weren’t so their job is to coach the guys they have and there is nothing wrong with the talent on this team. Next year they need to put CTB at nickel CB. He woukd be mush better there. But there is nothing wrong with the numbers CTB put up this year. He was 3rd in the league in pass break ups. He had 3 interceptions. And one of the craziest interceptions anyone has ever seen. Dax Hill and DJ Turner should be your starting outside CBs with CTB at nickel. Jordan Battle needs to be the starting SS and for Free safety I would first try Tycen Anderson but if not him then Dajhan Anthony. We don’t need some high priced free agent safety. We just need good coaches. Tycen Anderson is on of the best athletes in the NFL. Dude is 6’2’’ 210 and runs 4.36. He is the size of a small Linebacker but can run faster than most WR’s can. That’s what you need at Cree safety. Someone who can run. Bates could run but he want as fast as Anderson. Dajhan Anthony and Bates are the same speed. I would keep the RB Kendall Milton on the team and use him as a short yardage back and/or fullback bevaue he is big. 6’1’’ 230. We were still near the bottom of the league in short yardage situations. I think we were actually 31st in that catagory. It was bad. We need a big RB or Fullback who can get us 2 yards on 3rd or 4th down. Someone with some size and strength. Milton is that guy. He can run for his size too. They need to pay Chase. They should have payed him last offseason. Now they will pay a lot more for him. Management looks like a bunch of fools. They need to pay Tee as well. I used to be for letting Tee walk. Not anymore. He missed 5 games and almost had 1000 yards and had a career best 10 tds. People get hurt. With 2 top level WR’s the chances are that one of them is always going to be available. Which has been the case. There hasn’t been a game where both Chase or Higgins didn’t play. And when they are both on the field we can’t be stopped. Chase Brown is bad ass but he needs some help. They should draft another RB this year and roll with him Brown and Milton. Maybe bring Chris Evans or Traveon Williams back. I’d like to see Chris Evans back. That kid has skills that weren’t utilized to their potential. If Chris Evans leaves the team guess where he is going to play next? The Chargers. I guarantee you Chris Evans will either be a Bengal or a Charger next year. He played for Harbaugh at Michigan. Harbaugh knows what kind of athlete he is. And the offensive line. Pollack should have been fired last year I thought. Pollock wasn’t fired exactly his contract expired and was not extended. Volson has to go. He needs to be a backup guard next year. What I would do is move Ted Karras over to LG and start Matt Lee at center. Matt Lee could have been a day 1 starter. I don’t give a dam that he was a 7th round pick. Bengals has a 5th round grade on him. Mims was ok this year too. For his lack of experience I thought he played pretty dam good. Valuable experience was learned this year. Jaxson Kirkland will be back this year too. He can play either tackle spot or guard. At a high level. Kirkland is good and I was flabbergasted that he wasn’t drafted. Dude was a 3x 1st team All PAC-12 with 1 at left tackle, 1 at left guard, and 1 at Right tackle. My backups next year would be Volson, Kirkland, Trey Hill, and I would draft another offensive lineman too. I think coaching is the problem with our offensive line. We have good players. Orlando Brown was a 4x Pro Bowl player. He was playing like an All Pro this year before he got hurt. I think Mims will have Pro Bowls and All Pros in his future too. Cappa is an average guard. He can get the job done but he is slow. I would draft another guard too compete with him. Kirkland would be my swing tackle and he can play guard if neccesary. Volson would be my backup guard and Hill backup center who can play guard too. I would draft maybe a college guard or someone who has played guard and tackle in college. I wouldn’t draft a guy who only played left tackle or right tackle for 3 or 4 years and expect him to come in and play guard. Like Jackson Carmen and Hakeem Adeniji. Carman only played left tackle for 3 years. Adeniji only played left tackle for 4 straight years in college. The dude literally never took a snap at any position accept left tackle. He gets to the NFL and they have him playing guard in the fucking playoffs and Super Bowl. Adeniji is a tackle not a guard.

[@strebis6]

Burrow should be in the playoffs every season. We always say maybe next year.

[@William-f4s]

We need defensive players we fall short

[@pulses33]

I'm not sure they'll spend the money but I think they should be looking real hard at RG Will Fries in FA.

[@sheilagray7369]

A slow start to every season is definitely on Taylor

[@JoshLruns]

I'd like to see a tally of all of the timeouts that he wasted throughout the season because he couldn't get the play in.

[@pulses33]

I hope they interview Bryant Haines DC from IU. He's only 39 and an ohio kid too.

[@av2018]

Zac Taylor is like Sun Tzu. He is a genius and master strategist. I just don’t get why he gets so much hate.

[@The__Chosen___1]

Yes he's definitely the master of starting slow EVERY year # bum

[@kanin1531]

Taylor should be gone period….

[@chickengenius4202]

Shoulda fired Duke and Zac

[@matthewburroughs240]

I would like to see Mike Zimmer or Al Golden. Would be my pick.

[@patrickwright8552]

Zimmer is a bit long in the tooth, but I like Golden too.

[@ChristopherTauteoli-b8h]

They should have fired Zach Taylor .

[@Mikebrown-lg7dd]

What about Duke Tobin also!!!!!!!

[@TheRealNicoMathews]

Zac is terrible play caller. Needs to go

[@merrellthompsonii9424]

Get your guys paid. Get the contracts out of the way and spend whatever it takes for the ring. Extend Hendrickson, and if there is a snowballs chance Get Myles Garrett. We would be a powerhouse

[@WhoDey1968]

No, it was not the right decision. The Bengals had the most unbalanced offense in the entire NFL (1st in passing, 30th in rushing) and that’s not Lou’s fault, yet Zac has the audacity to fire Lou. And, how and why does Zac have that authority? What a total circus.

[@jasonhensley7455]

Zac didn't fire Lou. Also, if you wanna go that far, Lou had the lowest ranked/bottom 5 defense the whole entire year as well. If you're gonna attack Zac, you gotta go after Lou to. Both suck.

[@WhoDey1968]

@ Zac said it was his decision to move on from Lou. Watch the presser.

[@stevencramer6376]

Correct, that's exactly what he said. His decision for All the firings.

[@pdureska7814]

We'll be having this same conversation next year and probably '26 as well. Two wasted years of Burrow's prime.

[@curtis4429]

you all talked on a show a while ago about how the bengals shouldnt do what the eagles did with firing all the coordinators and keeping the head coach and now you act like you dont mind the decision? and james saying he would throw lou under the bus if he was zac is wild

[@jasonroach8751]

It was the best decision you could hope for. Mike Brown does NOT fire head coaches under contract

[@johnbach2380]

Not saying frank is the entire problem. But keep frank pollack this long was effing criminal. Do results even matter?

[@JustMe99999]

He should have been gone 2 years ago.

[@AnthonyMancuso-pt4ru]

Many of us knew we were in trouble early in year when you guys were all reporting the sorry bears and colts were beating us around in joint practices. Then the new england effort was worst since davey teams of 90s

[@AnthonyMancuso-pt4ru]

CALL WILLIE...IF HE SAYS NO AT FIRST CALL HIS BEST FRIEND! NO BRAINER MAKE HIM SAY NO TWICE BEFORE OPENING IT UP FOR OL COACH...SHOW SOME CREATIVITY FAMILY!!!

[@AnthonyMancuso-pt4ru]

We lost 5 games by bungalitis. 2ravens..chiefs..first steelers...chargers. But to be brutally honest we won 3 in spite of our bungalitis. Dallas we had a punt blocked..denver we boinked a fg..pitt one more yard and boswell beats us at gun. Thats main focus of 2025 is to get control of games so it doesn't come down to that. The chicken and egg question is whether thats coaching or personnel ?

[@kmon5919]

There is no coach at any position who can overcame cheap ownership. Like Burrow keeps telling them letting star/core players walk is not the way to do business.

[@charlesh1735]

The entire team wasn’t ready to start the season. The offense was in disarray,and the defense clearly took a huge step back. That’s what happens when you let franchise builders like Jesse Bates walk out the door.

[@pulses33]

Need to play the vets a little more in preseason and get them in game shape and ready to go!!

[@Boyk]

Zack should been first one to go

[@WhoDey1968]

Agreed

[@allwork1980]

Bingo!

[@chasecampbell6496]

So fire Zac, sign Tee, sign Chase. What happens to the offense? Sure you have Burrow and the weapon's but it will be a completely different scheme that usually takes other teams about 2 years to integrate a complete offensive scheme. So now you paid all this money for potentially 2 years of the most talented offense not reaching their ceiling. Plus Joe doesn't want Zac gone, so you now also have to deal with a disgruntled Burrow. All this because you believe he shouldn't have gone for it on 4th down. Nah all the right people got fired who deserved to be fired.

[@Boyk]

@ they need a real head coach with experience

[@WhoDey1968]

@@chasecampbell6496 the 2023 Chargers were 5-12 and now 11-6 and in the playoffs with Harbaugh. A competent head coach would have the Bengals competing for a Super Bowl and not watching the playoffs on TV for the 2nd year in a row, in my opinion.

[@R36EL8]

Don’t forget Tee got hurt FRIDAY before the season started.. that’s why we started slow this year. Imagine planning for an offense with Tee and then 48 hours before the season starts he ends up injured and misses the first 2-3 weeks whatever it was then did the same thing mid season.. players need to be held accountable

[@benniebeckman5302]

How about we get a defensive coordinator that’s on a team with a winning record

[@timarmstrong2338]

I did not like a lot of the calls Taylor made but.....he kept the team together. The defense stunk, how many times did we score 24 or more points and lose. Thats on the defensive coaches, not running and blocking well is on the Pollack. We'll see what happens next year, after that if it doesn't change then bye bye Zac.

[@soccerbeast5529]

Always funny to me when they're like, compare ZT to the other coaches in the AFC North. Newsflash, there are Ravens fans calling for Harbaugh to be fired, there's Steelers fans calling for a new direction from Tomlin. It's not all sunshine and rainbows for other coaches in the North 😂

[@organizedconfusionkd]

Those teams always make the playoffs, Einstein.

[@soccerbeast5529]

@@organizedconfusionkd Correct! But yet their fanbase are still calling for a change in direction. That's my whole point. 👍

[@steveh5169]

@@organizedconfusionkd Zac Taylor has more playoff wins than Tomlin, Harbaugh, and Stefanski combined since he became head coach.

[@WhoDey1968]

The Bengals get off to slow starts every year and have no shot at #1 seeds. That’s on the head coach, not a coordinator. The head coach is responsible for the whole team, hence the word “head” in head coach.

[@michaelwest1851]

Great point James! If you’re going to fire Lou…. Go get the best guy! Better be better whoever they get. Otherwise should’ve just had the players for Lou to be more successful.

[@ManofSteel216OC]

HELL NO! 2 straight seasons starting off 0-3 & 0-4 with generational talent on your roster and you still keep your job is a Bengal thing to do.

[@William-f4s]

I truly believe if kc didnt throw that game to Denver we would be going to the super bowl.

[@AnthonyMancuso-pt4ru]

40 moot minutes. The Brown-Blackburn family was not firing Zac. They weren't firing Duke. Zac has ups and downs strengths and weaknesses. The key is to improve or overcome the weaknesses by better moves upstairs. With the history of Paul sr Modell etc the family isnt firing head coaches on a whim

[@jibernish]

Burrow is the only reason we weren't a 1 or 2 win team this year. Taylor could be OC, but he's not head coach material. Great guy. Love to have him as a brother or son in law. But he's not it.

[@spaceknight793]

Zac was hired for offense, and Cincy's offense is elite. Zac's job is secure. Not that everything is rosy. He needs to stop the slow starts--they have cost Cincy a playoff spot two years in a row.

[@The__Chosen___1]

Yawn his job is clearly not secure. If it was ge would've kept the same staff. His offensive units aren't elite in week 1-3. Google it. # not rocket science

[@dannyschoe4874]

I don't feel confident this team will be aggressive this off season to find players that are clear upgrades to the key positions we need upgrades. I'm sorry I think free agents trust burrow but not the organization.

[@qoreydayday3588]

He had to fire those guys so he didn't lose his job... What's going to happen if the Bengals got 9 and 8 next year, keep him as head coach..

[@dannyschoe4874]

He has one more year

[@JakHIshac]

Salah or Al Golden

[@timbowslice8535]

I pray Zac doesn’t hire his brother Press for ANY position in the Bengals!!! They need to hire somebody who has HC experience, so when Zac starts out 0-3 again they can fire him and already have a HC on staff!!!!!

[@darrellmorrow4559]

I think keeping the head coach was okay, but most of his coaches left a little bit to be desired.

[@TheRoad2awe]

I am betting we are hiring a new coach after next year.

[@JustMe99999]

Highly unlikely. Not how the Brown family works.... the guy took the Bengals to the Super Bowl.

[@AnthonyMancuso-pt4ru]

Graham is interesting Covington is not. Hard to believe they wont keep burrow happy so it seems. likely ...Gus Bradley. Checks the typical Brown Blackburn Tobin boxes too. Assuming he wants job.

[@JohnEldred-ez8eq]

Look at the win streaks that zac taylor has put together. I couldnt fire him

[@glennf1383]

Keeping Zack is a mistake,

[@travisclymer2517]

Also, burrow needs to share some money to keep stars in CINCY. He said he would years ago, put up Joe. If he does not, and we lose stars, I blame Burrow 100 percent!!!!!!

[@charleswise4831]

Yes by far the right decision! Offense was great, defense sucked, end of story! Defense has sucked for 2+ years! Not even arguable!

[@kylelawson91]

offense wasn't the problem. if you can stop a run up the middle or that a team run the ball to the red zone to stop them. something not working. offense did their job 30 points a game. defense well we saw what happened. gotta stop team from scores. makes it easier on the offense.

[@patrickscott838]

Fire Zac!

[@dannywood1733]

Zac needs to win early and work on limiting injuries with preperation. Or he will be fired next year.

[@markreidel1638]

I would bet money there would was an ultimatum given to Zac.

[@quintenruckman3505]

Lou, now that you’ve finally gotten released from the cesspool of the Cincinnati Bengals come on over to KC as a senior advisor for this playoff run!!

[@William-f4s]

Come on james

[@JohnEldred-ez8eq]

Right decision yes, every major concern group was fired.

[@RaydinAE11]

So far it worked for Philadelphia

[@qtheband751]

If they’re keeping Taylor because Burrow likes him then that’s on Joe. He’s hurting his own career.

[@jrwskydive]

Zac Taylor needs to go. He's way too slow to react to changes. Too long to notice that Money Mac wasn't. Playing too deep on late game pass defense. He made that mistake but got away with it too often. It worked when he had defensive backs that got turnovers and stops. He gets greedy in the red zone and runs the ball for no gain, trying to score and burn the clock. He doesn't have the run game for that. Not to mention clock management and taking the ball out of Joes hands when that's all he has.

[@William-f4s]

Like Zac said you don't want my bengals in this tournament I guarantee you that

[@thedropzoneunlimited5710]

4th and 1 Call a cross field 50yd jet sweep with chase! Multiple times till it works.... never did. No running game guys let's drop back 99% of the time increasing chances burrow gets his clock cleaned. No don't let Zach go he's a genius! 🙄

[@eddiemurphy15]

I will never understand the lack of play action, fake handoffs--just the vanilla drop backs that the Bengals run.

[@brianwilliams1281]

Why do they waste their time interviewing these guys? This feels like the Bengals are hoping to get a cheap option again.

[@blessidunion]

I don’t think the bengals will get back to the superbowl with Zac Taylor. Maybe with a top 5 defense.