What exactly was the problem with play calling?

[BengalChris]

(05-07-2020, 03:37 PM)fredtoast Wrote: John Jerry, John Miller, and B W Webb were not "Marvin guys".  Preston Brown was a "Marvin guy" and he got a three year extension last offseason.




It had nothing to do with Zac.  It was the front office that agreed to open the pocketbook.




Not to anyone who followed the Bengals while Shula, Coslet, and LeBeau were head coaches.

I'm completely with Fred on this.

Brown, Gio and Hart were all re-signed under Taylor, as was Eifert, who wasn't really used in a season where there were injuries to the receiving corp, a puzzling lack of use of him. Then you add in Webb, Miller and Jerry they found in the reject pile. Hart is the only one to keep a starting job and he's quite upgradeable.

Mike Brown has notoriously spent very little in signing outside players in free agency even though it's been around for 29 years now. He's finally old and near the end. Possibly he doesn't want to go out as a loser. Possibly his children ganged up on him with Taylor cheering them on the background. Who knows what made Mike Brown change his tone on free agency. But I'm more of the belief that hiring Taylor was part of the change that had already been decided upon and that Taylor is a product of the change, rather than the cause of the change.

The change in the front office has been great. Whether or not Taylor is going to bring wins remains to be seen.