7 hours ago
(01-13-2025, 11:32 PM)jason Wrote: Lou came to Cincinnati to get a promotion when the five guys (actual DCs) who were sought after prior to him refused. When Lou got here his defense was historically bad in 2019. Lou's defense wasn't much better in 2020. Lou alienated vets and failed to develop young players. Lou was handed a pretty high payroll for the rest of his tenure in Cincinnati. Lou managed to have a solid defense in 2022. Lou's defense sucked in 2023, and sucked even more in 2024. Lou is not a scapegoat. Lou is a career DB coach who should've never been hired as DC and should have been canned in January of 2020. Lou will never get another DC job in the NFL.
All true, interceptions and fumbles at the biggest of times are what kept Lou here, these opportunistic plays along with good FA's, with Burrow,
Chase, Tee, a clutch rookie Kicker got us to a Super Bowl and 2 AFC Championships honestly. This is what kept us happy with the man, plus
he had a Defense that gave Mahomes problems along with Allen. We need a new DC that knows how to run the entire Defense that can teach
fundamentals along with his position coaches so we don't have to rely on JUST opportunistic plays. Tackling and covering well would be nice.
There were reasons after reasons to fire Lou after this season, I don't know what Bengalitis is talking about.
