Former Nfl General Manager Drops Unpopular Opinion About Bengals Head Coach Zac Taylor

Former Titans General Manager and existent "With nan First Pick" podcast big Ran Carthon led a mini-series titled "The Perfect Fix" connected nan show, wherever he dissected nan astir prevalent problems pinch NFL teams that missed nan postseason.

Carthon did a afloat show connected nan Bengals and explained why he believes successful caput coach Zac Taylor.

"I mean he's 1 of nan astir successful coaches successful statement history and we're talking astir an statement that hadn't had overmuch winning." Carthon said. "At slightest Zac has taken these guys to a mates heavy runs successful nan playoffs including a Super Bowl appearance."

Everything is built astir Joe Burrow. They request to support him connected nan field.

"The cardinal is keeping Joe Burrow patient and for illustration you said he's had immoderate freak injuries. Some worldly has happened conscionable connected interaction that happens successful our game," Carthon said. "He's won 70% of his games pinch Joe Burrow. And I situation you to find personification who has a Joe Burrow and past doesn't person a Joe Burrow that's going to triumph arsenic galore games without Joe Burrow."

Taylor has so been successful successful nan playoffs and precocious successful nan regular season, showing singular adjustments to nan discourtesy during nan Bengals title window.

The problem, though, has been his inability to get nan champion retired of his players successful cardinal moments, specified arsenic precocious successful games, astatine nan opening of nan season, and successful nan mediate of nan season, thing that is shown done nan Bengals 12 losses successful one-score games complete nan past 2 seasons.

What could besides beryllium based on against Carthon's statement for not having Burrow vs having Burrow is nan truth that aft trading for Joe Flacco, nan discourtesy still showed signs of elite-level play. Yet, they went 1-5 during that span pinch Flacco, pinch 3 of nan losses coming successful one-score games, and 1 being against nan embattled New York Jets, who were winless astatine nan time.

Taylor enters a 2026 play wherever he is nan lone coach returning to his squad successful nan AFC North. With each of nan Steelers, Ravens, and Browns each group to person caller caput coaches. There is small to nary excuse for nan coaching unit not to will this squad into nan playoffs adjacent twelvemonth by winning nan AFC North pinch its talent connected discourtesy unsocial and nan consistency they person connected nan coaching staff.

Watch Carthon's afloat breakdown connected nan Bengals and what he would do this offseason below: