Bengals “terrified” they’ll get in trouble over plan to hire Zac Taylor

[BengalChris]

(01-11-2019, 04:04 PM)THE PISTONS Wrote: Word emerged on Thursday that the Bengals plan to hire Rams quarterbacks coach Zac Taylor when the L.A. season ends. And the Bengals will now be sweating bullets until the L.A. season ends.

Per a league source, the Bengals currently are “terrified” that the league will investigate whether they violated the constantly-violated rules regarding the making of offers to head-coaching candidates before offers can be made.

That’s how the league often enforces the rules. Sure, plenty of teams break the rules. But that never stops the league from investigating whether one specific team in one specific situation broke the rule, imposing discipline on that specific team for breaking the rule, and ignoring the widely-known reality that others have routinely broken the rules.

Last year, everyone knew that the Colts had offered the head-coaching job to Patriots offensive coordinator Josh McDaniels, and that McDaniels had accepted. But it couldn’t be official or formal until the Patriots’ season ended, and then the Patriots talked McDaniels (who already was having misgivings) out of going.

The thinking is that other candidates were informed that Taylor is the choice, and that Taylor has informed colleagues that he is the choice. If that’s true, the line may have been crossed, and the electronic paper trial would easily prove it.

So, yes, the Bengals are now worried that the league will come down on them. Even though the league has always looked the other way regarding every instance where that rule was being violated — and where everyone knew it.

https://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2019/01/11/bengals-terrified-theyll-get-in-trouble-over-plan-to-hire-zac-taylor/

Sounds like typical FBI and government stuff. If we don't like you we'll investigate you until the end of time, but if we do like you, well, we're pretty sure there's nothing there because you are one of our pals, so why bother. Corrupt as the day is long.

I, for one, will stand behind the Bengals front office if the NFL goes into a hissy fit.

Of course, unless there's an offer, in writing, there is no offer.

Now if it were the Steelers I'm sure Gooddick would have already concluded a non-existent investigation finding one and all completely without wrong.