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Cioffi's name has been off the coaching roster since at least the 7th. I don't recall if I noticed Duffner's gone when I looked at the list that day
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Well Zac has his man. Wonder who?
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(01-12-2025, 01:07 PM)pally Wrote: Cioffi's name has been off the coaching roster since at least the 7th. I don't recall if I noticed Duffner's gone when I looked at the list that day
So who is left from Lou’s defensive staff at this point? (Too lazy to do the research)
This is good because to get change and the coordinator they want they have to let him help pick his staff.
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(01-12-2025, 02:25 PM)Clark W Griswold Wrote: So who is left from Lou’s defensive staff at this point? (Too lazy to do the research)
This is good because to get change and the coordinator they want they have to let him help pick his staff.
Muster up the strength to click this link:
https://www.bengals.com/team/coaches-roster/
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I'm good with the continued trimming and letting a new Defensive Coordinator have control over his staff and scheme.
I'm excited to see who they hire.
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(01-12-2025, 02:25 PM)Clark W Griswold Wrote: So who is left from Lou’s defensive staff at this point? (Too lazy to do the research)
This is good because to get change and the coordinator they want they have to let him help pick his staff.
Defensive Assistant Ronnie Regula
DB/CB's: Charles Burks
DB/S's: Jordan Kovacs
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I do hope this means they have their guy.
I hope it is Eberflus.
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(01-12-2025, 01:29 PM)Soonerpeace Wrote: Well Zac has his man. Wonder who?
Rumor from yesterday is Eberflus is in the mix.
https://bengalswire.usatoday.com/2025/01/11/cincinnati-bengals-defensive-coordinator-hiring-matt-eberflus/
I hope it's true, as I had mentioned it back when Eberflus got let go by the Bears and think he would run a good defense like he did in Indy.
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(01-12-2025, 02:25 PM)Clark W Griswold Wrote: So who is left from Lou’s defensive staff at this point? (Too lazy to do the research)
This is good because to get change and the coordinator they want they have to let him help pick his staff.
Kovacs and Burkes, the two DB coaches. I would have thought they would have been the first two shown the door.
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(01-12-2025, 03:55 PM)Sled21 Wrote: Kovacs and Burkes, the two DB coaches. I would have thought they would have been the first two shown the door.
For what reason? It's not their fault that the two best CBs on the team were lost for the season to injury. If anything, they have actually done a pretty good job at getting their younger talent up to speed, whereas the DL and LB coaches have had fresh talent on their hands for years and failed to develop any of them.
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(01-12-2025, 04:34 PM)SunsetBengal Wrote: For what reason? It's not their fault that the two best CBs on the team were lost for the season to injury. If anything, they have actually done a pretty good job at getting their younger talent up to speed, whereas the DL and LB coaches have had fresh talent on their hands for years and failed to develop any of them.
For the reason it seems to me every time a wide receiver makes a catch, our DB's seem to be giving them a 5-8 yd cushion instead of being locked onto them. Maybe that's the D-lines fault, maybe it's not, but we have not had good DB play this year.... at least to my eyes.
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(01-12-2025, 04:38 PM)Sled21 Wrote: For the reason it seems to me every time a wide receiver makes a catch, our DB's seem to be giving them a 5-8 yd cushion instead of being locked onto them. Maybe that's the D-lines fault, maybe it's not, but we have not had good DB play this year.... at least to my eyes.
That isn't their fault, Lou was the one calling the defensive plays each down. As positional coaches, their job is simply to teach the players how to execute the coverage called on any given down. It's not their fault if Lou was calling for soft cushion, perhaps he was attempting to reduce the number of home run balls given up?
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Good clean em all out. Let’s actually have a defense that is detrimental.
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(01-12-2025, 05:09 PM)SunsetBengal Wrote: That isn't their fault, Lou was the one calling the defensive plays each down. As positional coaches, their job is simply to teach the players how to execute the coverage called on any given down. It's not their fault if Lou was calling for soft cushion, perhaps he was attempting to reduce the number of home run balls given up?
They certainly are responsible for the piss poor tackling. Those position coaches should have addressed that from the beginning.
I’m glad they are cleaning house on the defensive side. There isn’t anyone worthwhile on that side of the ball.
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(01-12-2025, 05:15 PM)GodFather Wrote:
They certainly are responsible for the piss poor tackling. Those position coaches should have addressed that from the beginning.
I’m glad they are cleaning house on the defensive side. There isn’t anyone worthwhile on that side of the ball.
Actually, it was mainly the LBs and other front seven that were largely responsible for the poor tackling. Have you ever taken a moment to simply admire the way that Mike Hilton ends a play, quickly?
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(01-12-2025, 04:34 PM)SunsetBengal Wrote: For what reason? It's not their fault that the two best CBs on the team were lost for the season to injury. If anything, they have actually done a pretty good job at getting their younger talent up to speed, whereas the DL and LB coaches have had fresh talent on their hands for years and failed to develop any of them.
Well, it's kinda thier fault for playing our best CB at Safety for 2 years
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(01-12-2025, 06:02 PM)bfine32 Wrote: Well, it's kinda thier fault for playing our best CB at Safety for 2 years
Again, was that their call, or Lou's?
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I wonder if our new DC is gonna have Hendrickson or if they are gonna lose him
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