HoosierCat

When it comes to coordinators and head coaches, firings are always unfair to some degree. It's rarely 100% the coach's fault. But that's part of the job, and these guys know that when they sign up. Lou's time finally ran out, and really, a six-year run is pretty good in this league. I wish him the best, as long as he's not coaching against us.

Just a note, Taylor has a press conference scheduled for 12:30, should be interesting.

I expected Lou would get the boot. You just can't lose games on defense the way the Bengals did this season and expect to keep your job. That three-game stretch where the offense put up 33+ points in each game and the team went 0-3 made this inevitable. As for Hobby and Bettcher, that feels like mostly "well, the new DC will want to bring in his guys so we'll let you two get a jump on your job search" moves. If I were Burks and Kovacs (the secondary coaches) I wouldn't be making long term plans... Pollack should have been gone years ago.

Thanks, thread title updated.

https://www.si.com/nfl/bengals/news/cincinnati-bengals-fire-defensive-coordinator-lou-anarumo-01jgy0x33a6y Bettcher, Hobby also out.

Jags will be bring a new HC when they come to town too. https://www.cbssports.com/nfl/news/jaguars-fire-doug-pederson-as-head-coach-after-three-seasons-jacksonville-retains-gm-trent-baalke/

CINCINNATI (Jan. 6, 2025) — After a disappointing 9-8 season that saw the Cincinnati Bengals miss the postseason for the second straight year, the Bengals today announced the firing of three staff members: assistant equipment manager Billy Dubobble; Stan “Jocko” Jockson, the attaché to the junior assistant defensive quality control coach; and apprentice groundskeeper Turf Ferguson.

They were flexed into some of those spots because they’re an exciting team to watch, even when they lose. Trust me, ratings and ad revenue guide those decisions. The current Bengals are quite good for business from an NFL perspective. As for the point, well, I guess everyone has their quirks. Me, I’m just morbidly fascinated by all the ways this organization finds and/or creates to fail. Of all the football teams in all the world, they’re the Charlie Brownest.

And the pick is in. Bengals will have the 17th selection come April. As the only team to finish 9-8, they will pick in the same spot every round. In other news, Brian Callahan pulled his best Zac Taylor impersonation, guiding the Titans to the first overall pick.

Well, when the Pats come to town, we know one thing they won’t have, Jerod Mayo. https://www.cbssports.com/nfl/news/patriots-fire-jerod-mayo-after-first-season-in-new-england-post-bill-belichick/ Quick hook in NE. ETA: ah, makes sense now. The fix is in for Vrabel to take over. https://www.cbssports.com/nfl/news/mike-vrabel-interviewed-with-jets-to-put-pressure-on-patriots-could-be-eyeing-move-to-new-england-in-2025/

Yup. As it turned out, the season was over in week 1.

Now 31-31 with 9 minutes still left.

Panthers Falcons turning into a fun game all of a sudden.

https://www.cbssports.com/nfl/news/browns-fire-offensive-coordinator-ken-dorsey-reportedly-plan-to-keep-kevin-stefanski/ Yes, yes, the OC was the problem. I’m sure this will fix everything in Cleveland.

Speaking of, if you were wondering where Tee was for a lot of the game last night, he’s playing on a sprained ankle. Got through Denver fine but it was apparently more of an issue last night. https://clutchpoints.com/bengals-news-tee-higgins-eye-opening-injury-admission-win-steelers

Draft pick watch: Bengals are now at 17 with the win over Pitt. We are rooting for Atlanta to beat Carolina tomorrow. Assuming the Bengals don’t make the postseason, a Falcons win pushes then back to 16.

Glasgow is gonna be pissed!

Thank you Pitt for choking massively

Can’t cover the te again

Lol joke offense

Lucky lucky lucky

And there’s the turnover

Yup. You can feel the offensive turnover coming up.

Ridiculous

Oh come on