Bengals fire Lou Anarumo, Frank Pollack, James Bettcher and Marion Hobby

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(01-07-2025, 05:45 PM)007BengalsFan Wrote: If we lost just 2 guys from the offense should we be able to adapt our scheme and do just as good?  Take away Burrow and Chase, adapt our scheme and we shouldnt see a major drop up because losing just two guys shouldnt make a difference.  All you need to do is adapt your scheme.

The problem Lou had is the defensive personnel he was given throughout his years here was not overly talented to begin with but he was able to make it work.  When you start losing the top talent you do have on a not so talented defense, it's going to cause issues.     Outside of Hendrickson, when you look at the current defensive roster who do you look at and say that guy is elite?  No one.  We have many younger players that have some potential that arent there yet and a few that might be above average but arent great.

For those wanting Saleh as the new DC, just remember the talent he had to work with on those 49ers defenses.  Lou never had that type of talent.  If Saleh is hired, he wont have that talent either like he had in San Francisco.  It doesnt mean Saleh isnt a good DC.  He could be.  Its harder to tell though when you have a defense loaded with talent vs taking over a defense that isnt.

Burrow is a wonky argument, because everyone knows how important QB's are.

However, the offense has been without key guys like Chase, Tee, Brown, and Mixon and still performed pretty well.

Nobody expected there not to be a drop off when those guys left, but the entire unit shouldn't completely fall off a cliff, either.  There were games where we were literally going for it on every reasonably plausible 1st down because the D literally couldn't get a stop.