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The Cincinnati Bengals are not very good, and on Monday night, they hit rock bottom. In a battle of two 0-3 teams, the Bengals were routed by the Pittsburgh Steelers by a score of 27-3, dropping them to 0-4 on the season, and afterward, first-year head coach Zac Taylor expressed his frustration. “We’re the 0-4 […]

Zac Taylor’s Cincinnati Bengals won’t have to face a Pittsburgh Steelers squad led by Ben Roethlisberger on Monday. After Big Ben’s season-ending elbow surgery, Mason Rudolph is the quarterback the coach is preparing for. For Taylor, that doesn’t mean taking a break from the film room. The first-year Bengals head coach is all too aware […]

There were eight coaching changes during the offseason and those coaches made their regular season debut in Week 1. Among them, only Green Bay Packers coach Matt LaFleur was able to secure a victory for his team in Week 1. In comparison, the other seven coaches finished Week 1 with a 0-6-1 record in their […]

First-year head coach Zac Taylor was unable to lead his Cincinnati Bengals to a victory over the Seattle Seahawks on Sunday afternoon. However, in what will certainly be a memorable first go-round as a NFL head coach, Taylor helped the Bengals keep the game close throughout. Cincinnati led for most of the game. Despite the […]

The Cincinnati Bengals were incapable of getting their running game going in Week 1 against the Seattle Seahawks. Rookie head coach Zac Taylor explained his imbalanced run-pass ratio versus the Seahawks. “They (Seahawks) pretty much have you covered in every gap you have,” Taylor said. “It was a good game plan for them with (Jadeveon) […]

The Cincinnati Bengals will be without AJ Green in Week 1 versus the Seattle Seahawks. On Sunday, the Bengals announced that Damion Willis will be Green’s replacement to begin the regular season. In one of the first practices of training camp, Green suffered an ankle injury and was ruled out fo six to eight weeks. […]

Cincinnati Bengals wide receiver John Ross has been out for most of training camp with a lingering hamstring injury. However, his return date is getting closer. On Monday, head coach Zac Taylor noted that Ross won’t play against the New York Giants for the team’s third preseason game on Thursday. However, he should be available […]

The Cincinnati Bengals can’t seem to catch a break along their offensive line this year. After mulling the decision, offensive lineman Christian Westerman has retired from the NFL, according to Ian Rapoport of NFL Network. The Bengals placed Westerman on the exempt/left squad list on Friday. Westerman spent just two seasons with the organization and […]

Rookie quarterbacks sometimes have a tough time adjusting to the NFL and reading defenses. The Cincinnati Bengals seem to be satisfied with the strides that rookie Ryan Finley has made in training camp. Per Paul Dehner Jr. in The Athletic: “From our perspective, (Finley’s) been making the improvements that you would expect to see from […]

A dark cloud is hanging over Cincinnati Bengals training camp thanks to an ankle injury to wide receiver A.J. Green that will keep him out for six-to-eight weeks. Green, who missed seven games this past season due to a toe injury, was obviously very upset about the injury, and new Bengals head coach Zac Taylor […]

The Cincinnati Bengals’ offensive line was not good this past season. As a matter of fact, Pro Football Focus ranked it 27th in the NFL in 2018, which reflects the Bengals ranking 26th in the league in total offense overall. But to be fair, Cincinnati had some injuries along the line, and now that it […]

The Cincinnati Bengals are beginning a new era of their team’s history under Zac Taylor. Taylor replaces Marvin Lewis who spent 16 seasons as the head coach in Cincinnati. During the 16 years with Lewis as head coach, the team made the playoffs seven times but failed to win any of their playoff games. As […]

The Cincinnati Bengals may have had a disappointing season in 2018 but they still had a couple of positives as well. One being the emergence of Tyler Boyd on the Bengals offense. Just a few years ago, Cincinnati selected Boyd with the 55th overall pick in the 2016 NFL Draft. The Bengals drafted the Pittsburgh […]

Among all of the teams who made a coaching change are the Cincinnati Bengals who decided to fire Marvin Lewis after 16 seasons with the team. In his place is Zac Taylor who was hired on in hopes to change the tides of the franchise. During the Lewis era of the organization, the team made […]

Add Giovani Bernard to the list of Cincinnati Bengals players who like the vibe under new head coach Zac Taylor. Wide receivers A.J. Green and John Ross have already expressed admiration for the work Taylor has done since taking charge in Cincinnati. And now Bernard has echoed that sentiment, saying he believes the entire team […]

Cincinnati Bengals coach Zac Taylor is trying to bring a different culture around that revolves around winning. The NFL is all about winning but Taylor is trying to make it about winning and not just on the football field. It also trickles all the way down to the reserves and not just the starters trying […]

It will be a pivotal 2019 season for John Ross. The young Cincinnati Bengals receiver has had a tough go of it in the NFL. He starred at Washington which made him the ninth overall pick of the 2017, but injuries have derailed his pro career. Fortunately for Ross, he’ll be getting a fresh start […]

The Cincinnati Bengals have ushered in some significant changes this offseason with the arrival of new head coach Zac Taylor. It appears he has already made quite the impression on wide receiver A.J. Green. Taylor is currently in the midst of getting his players up to speed in the new offense in OTAs. According to […]

Sean McVay has already started a pretty impressive coaching tree with the latest coach to get a job being Zac Taylor with the Cincinnati Bengals. Taylor is a lot like McVay being young and a remarkable offensive mind, but he knows to make it in the league he has to be different. “If I try […]

The Cincinnati Bengals have hopes of becoming a playoff team in the near future under new head coach, Zac Taylor. This comes after Marvin Lewis was fired after being with the organization for 16 seasons. In those 16 seasons, the Bengals made the playoffs seven times but never won a game in the postseason. The […]

The Cincinnati Bengals are heading into a pivotal season. After 16 long years, the team finally fired longtime head coach Marvin Lewis after last season. They’ll be transitioning into a new era of football in 2019, with 35-year-old offensive whizkid Zac Taylor leading the way. For the first eight years of his career, receiver A.J. […]

Every year it seems like as draft day gets closer, quarterbacks start to move higher and higher on mock drafts, a development that isn’t that surprising to new Cincinnati Bengals head coach Zac Taylor. In an interview posted on the Bengals’ website, Taylor talked about how critical of a position quarterback is, which means teams […]

The NFL schedules were released earlier this week, and the Cincinnati Bengals ended up without a Thursday night game. Bengals new head coach Zac Taylor feels like Thursday games are a double-edged sword and was a bit surprised that Cincinnati doesn’t have any of them on its slate for 2019: “There’s good and bad with […]

Cincinnati Bengals head coach Zac Taylor is taking over an offense that is loaded with talent across the board. It appears his top priority will be getting wide receiver John Ross more involved. Ross’ career has gotten off to a quiet start through his first two years in the NFL. According to Geoff Hobson of […]

It seems that Sean McVay has rubbed off on his coaching staff after all. Ask the Cincinnati Bengals about Zac Taylor, a member of McVay’s coaching tree. The Bengals hired Taylor to be their new head coach this offseason. He recently met with the team for the first time. In an article by Jay Morrison […]

Cincinnati fans have been waiting to see how Zac Taylor plans on turning around their beloved Bengals team. Taylor has gotten off on the right foot as he met with the team for the first time this offseason. In an article by Jay Morrison for The Athletic, Taylor spoke about how “It’s important to be […]

According to Jordan Dajani of 247Sports.com, the Cincinnati Bengals could be looking for a new quarterback. For the last eight seasons, Andy Dalton has been QB1 for the Cincinnati Bengals. Coincidentally, Marvin Lewis was the head coach for that entire time. Now though, Lewis is gone. Lewis is gone and Zac Taylor is in. With […]

Zac Taylor was hired to enable a stagnant franchise to get unstuck. As he begins his first season as an NFL head coach, other players are noticing how he does business. The Cincinnati Bengals had a moderately successful run under former head coach Marvin Lewis — well, during the regular season, anyway. While the Bengals, […]

For many years now, the talks of the Cincinnati Bengals possibly firing Marvin Lewis was constantly in the news cycle. After the 2018 season completed, the Bengals finally moved on from Lewis after spending 16 years with the franchise. Owner Mike Brown recently talked about the coaching change at the NFL owner’s meetings. Here’s an […]

Cincinnati Bengals head coach Zac Taylor feels like he learned a lot from his experience with the Los Angeles Rams. Taylor left the Rams this offseason to take over as the new coach in Cincinnati, and he’ll try to instill the same things that worked in Los Angeles in his new role. Of course, that […]

Zac Taylor is entering his first year as a head coach for the Cincinnati Bengals. Fortunately, he is confident that quarterback Andy Dalton can help smoothen the transition. It is no secret that the Bengals have ushered in a bit of a youth movement in recent years. According to Geoff Hobson of the team’s official […]

The Cincinnati Bengals are embarking on a new era, and for the first time since 2012, Vontaze Burfict won’t be manning the middle for the team’s defense. The notoriously hot-headed linebacker was released by the Bengals on Monday, ending a seven-year tenure in Cincinnati more recently marked as much by bone-crushing, potentially dirty hits and […]

Andy Dalton has been a polarizing figure during his time as quarterback of the Cincinnati Bengals, but new Bengals head coach Zac Taylor has no issue with Dalton under center. “I think it’s important every backup in our building is competing for a job,” Taylor said, according to Charean Williams of Pro Football Talk. “I […]

The Cincinnati Bengals are in a transitional period. The team finally moved on from long-time coach Marvin Lewis after 15 long seasons and hired the whizkid Rams quarterbacks coach Zac Taylor to be their new head coach. The team is likely looking at a lengthy rebuild ahead of them, and may need to tear it […]

There’s been a mad dash over the last few weeks for NFL teams making wholesale changes on the sidelines to fill out their coaching staffs. Despite the field of available coaches continuing to thin, though, Zac Taylor won’t be rushed into hiring someone with whom he’s uncomfortable. The first-year head coach of the Cincinnati Bengals […]

Zac Taylor’s meteoric rise to becoming head coach of the Cincinnati Bengals started last season, when he was promoted to quarterbacks coach of the Los Angeles Rams. Jared Goff proceeded to establish himself as one of the league’s best young signal-callers, leading his team to a Super Bowl on the back of the league’s second-best […]

It’s only natural for Zac Taylor to coach what he knows. After spending the last two seasons as quarterbacks coach and assistant wide receivers coach for the Los Angeles Rams, the Cincinnati Bengals head man will undoubtedly take some of the concepts he utilized to so much success with the reigning NFC Champions and implement […]

Steve Rebeiro and Johnny Gomez discuss whether or not the Los Angeles Rams should use their franchise tag this offseason. They talk about Cory Littleton’s restricted free agency, Zac Taylor’s new gig and the ill-fated task of “finding the next McVay.” Finally, they look at Malcolm Brown’s snub, Luis Perez lighting up the AAF, and […]

Zac Taylor may be the new head coach of the Cincinnati Bengals, but he is still yet to process the Super Bowl loss he suffered just over a week ago as Los Angeles Rams quarterbacks coach. “I haven’t had a chance to process it, quite honestly,” said Taylor, according to Peter King of NBC Sports. […]