Duffner and Cioffi fired?

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(Yesterday, 06:03 PM)bfine32 Wrote: Perhaps no coincidence we kept the 2 coaches in the position that is Lou's forte. 

Does it say: You guys didn't get a fair shake because the DC over-ruled you 
or
Does it say: You two got to learn from one of the better DB coaches

Good questions.

I think our defensive backs were put in a bad place due to lack of a pass rush. I read somewhere Bengals were at the bottom third in the NFL getting pressure. I also saw progress of young CB's when our 2 starting CB's were hurt. Newton played well for a rookie 5th round pick. I can see him taking over for Hilton in 2025 if we don't resign him.

Taylor-Britt regressed after a good rookie campaign. But he also seemed to be playing better at the end of the year.

We have 4 decent CBs in Hill, Turner, Newton and Taylor - Britt under contract. They are all very young and hopefully have yet to reach their ceiling.

I actually like our CB room, but an older vet in FA would not hurt.

My concern is at safety more so than CB. Bell seems done. Stone seems slow and not a great tackler. Battle misses tackles and is average in coverage.
But the question is how would a huge improvement in rushing the passer impact our DB's?