Bucs fired their DC - why is Austin still employed?

[SunsetBengal]

(10-16-2018, 08:24 PM)Millhouse Wrote: Not much a new DC can do at this point. I think it is too early to fire Austin, just see how the season plays out. But if not much improvement is seen by end of season, I don't see how they can keep him beyond.

Exactly.  The Bengals had a need that they failed to properly address in the offseason.  They went all in on Billings and Glassgow being able to handle the middle, and that plan has blown up in their faces.  Glassgow is gone for the year, Billings isn't up for the challenge.  Tupau?  Evidently he's not ready yet.  And Washington?  I liked him in college, but what has he ever done to turn any heads in the NFL?  

The Bengals have a serious problem right now.  They have an offense that is damn good, and a defense that is a key position short of being a good playing hand.  Rather than talk of "Fire the DC", the talk should be about "Who we gonna trade for to play NT?".