Bengals to interview current Lions DC

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(01-05-2018, 11:52 AM)XenoMorph Wrote: Zimmers defenses here during his time and playoff games wasn't exactly stellar.

Zimmer coached a lot of guys up and basically redefined a lot of careers.  

"Zimmer was named the defensive coordinator for the Cincinnati Bengals on January 15, 2008. In 2009, Zimmer earned NFL Assistant Coach of the Year honors from Pro Football Weekly/Pro Football Writers and from CBSSports.com,[3] after guiding the Bengals to the 4th ranked defense in the league. In 2011, the Bengals finished with the 7th ranked defense in total yards and 9th ranked defense in points allowed.

In 2012, the Bengals finished with the 6th ranked defense in total yards and 8th ranked defense in points allowed"


2009 - 4th best defense 
2011 - 7th 
2012 - 6th


Im sorry but that is damn impressive.


2009 draft class - Rey Maualuga , Michael Johnson both of which were good players for this team
2010 draft class - Carlos Dunlap , Geno Atkins 
2011 draft -  Dontay Moch (used steroids and had migraines which effectively ended his career) , Robert Sands ( good prospect who got injured and released )
2012 - George Iloka , Dre Kirk ,  Brandon Thompson , Devon still was the big disappointment of the class, but his priorities changed after his daughter came down with cancer.
2013 -  Worst draft class ever for defense ? 

All things considered I would consider Zimmer to be one of the best coaches in this teams history and his success with the vikings is not a big surprise.