10-21-2019, 03:44 PM
(10-18-2019, 10:59 PM)psychdoctor Wrote: I don't think Taylor is going anywhere for at least 3 years. However, it is clear Turner must go at the end of the season if not sooner. I don't know what to think of Sweet Lou. Bengals bend but do not break still is ugly football. Maybe he should go at the end of season. I would also take a long look at each position coach and conduct evaluations based on players's performance and development.
I think if Taylor misses on the next couple draft, he will seal his own fate. I do not know if any trades are going to be made but I think some vets are done with Cincinnati. Let Taylor get new blood, give him a year or two to implement schemes that match his personnel. Bring in a GM that will bring in first Day Free Agents. If the team had talent and still looked this way then it would indicate coaching.
The narrative that players have regressed is bona fide but one must ask why. Is it the coaching or is it some other variables like losing a dozen games in a row. It could be schemes which would indicate coaching by coordinators. But this O-Line has been porous for a while, the talent along the OL and backers just isn't there. Dalton is a year older and injuries appear convenient for some players. Makes me wonder.
With Anarumo, if you fire him what are you then going to do?
Who is going to want to come to Cincinnati to coach a D that has been bottom 5 two years in a row, has had just two draft picks in 5 years from rounds 1-2 (and the only 1st rounder among them will be entering his contract year and probably wants out) when it's an open secret that you are going QB in round 1, you don't sign free agents and you've still got a bunch of holes on the O-line that need to be filled to protect your rookie QB?
It's career suicide.
