Fiery Taylor Asks Bengals To Stay Connected

[BengalChris]

(09-22-2019, 08:06 PM)THE PISTONS Wrote: ORCHARD PARK, N.Y - Bengals head coach Zac Taylor, who brought California cool with his Rams playbook, blew hot in Sunday’s post-game speech to his team.

In the wake of the Bills’ 21-17 victory secured on an interception of Andy Dalton at the Bills 10 with 12 seconds left, Taylor’s voice could be heard in the adjacent interview room.

Basically, he was telling his players in a raised, animated voice to hang in because they’re playing tough enough and battling enough to win. Safety Jessie Bates admitted that was a new side to Taylor.

“Zac’s kind of a calm and cool guy. I think that gets us going, too, when gets fired up,” Bates said.

Safety Shawn Williams loved it.

“I love Zac. That’s all I could think about,” Williams said of the talk. “I’ll play for him. I’ll never quit on that guy. Not him … He wants to win. He knows how to win. We just have to put it together.”

Taylor kept his composure, but he sees plays like the holding call that wiped out Darius Phillips' kick return TD and the 12-men on the field penalty that forced them to score a touchdown at the end and not kick a tying field goal and knows how close they are to 2-1 instead of 0-3. He also knows what's next: "The wolves are coming and they're going to try and tear us apart." He defined wolves as "anybody who's not in our building."

https://www.bengals.com/news/quick-hits-fiery-taylor-asks-bengals-to-stay-connected

What does "Stay connected" mean exactly?

Wolves are what you get when you hype improvement all off-season, then deliver unimprovement.

Pittsburgh was the game I had circled as a key game to measure this coaching staff. Sadly, I didn't expect an 0-3 start for the Bengals or the Steelers. It looks like the Steelers are on the decline. So the next game to circle is Baltimore. Marv generally handled Baltimore well, Steelers not so much. 

Can ZT handle the Steelers? Can he handle Baltimore?