Bengals Turned down Jack Del Rio

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(02-15-2019, 12:08 PM)Schmitbuck Wrote: I think this kind of nails why we're not matching up with the former head coach/veteran DC types for the DC job. DCs in the NFL usually only last 2 years. If they are successful, they get a HC job. If they aren't, teams shuffle the deck and bring someone else in. It's going to take at least 2 years to transition what we have to a top 10 defense. 

In retrospect, probably would have been smart to save the cap space and only extend one of Geno or Dunlap last year with the uncertainty of Marvin. 

If the team was in Win-Now mode (which you would assume they wanted to be by extending Marvin), it made sense to extend both Atkins and Dunlap. I think Mike Brown either already thought or was convinced by someone that the Bengals could be a true contender in 2018, only to find out it all backfired due to injuries and lack of depth or just pure good players in certain positions.

I would assume Grantham (and other candidates who have turned down the opportunity) asked about how they would be able to upgrade the defense (especially the LBs) and didn't like the answer given.