Bengals Fire DC Lou Anarumo

[GASabresIUFan]

Bengals fire their DC?  Geez that makes sense.

[GunnerBill]

9 hours ago, MikePJ76 said:

I’m going to go on record that Aaron Glenn takes the saints job and then Lou Anarumo takes the lions Defensive Coordinator job.

 

Very feasible. He was on the same Dolphins staff as Dan Campbell as well as Zac Taylor.

[GunnerBill]

10 hours ago, TheBeaneBandit said:

He would be a significant upgrade as defensive coordinator. Anyone saying otherwise is simply disconnected from reality.

 

I am not disconnected from reality. I just think he is overrated on the basis of one excellent adjustment in the playoffs vs Mahomes. 

 

In six years as the Bengals DC they have been in top half of the league for points or yards ONCE (2021 when they were for both) and have never been better than 20th in the league on 3rd down. 

 

Yes, you have to give him credit for the fact his defenses have generally played better in the post season. But unless your argument is that he intentionally sandbags in the regular season I'm not sure how you explain that beyond the general randomness of the NFL. 

 

I don't think he is a terrible DC. But for someone whose reputation is as a great defensive mind you'd want to see better production. I do agree this year they had lost some talent but he still has players on that D good enough to be better than they were. 

[colin]

like spags (he's not as good) he's a guy who plays offense on D.  these kind of stacking chips to make one thing hard can work wonders in the playoffs, i think that's heavily influenced by the fact that the refs kinda put the whistles down, so you get offensive holding which hurts "clean" pass rush teams who have a 4 man concept (like us) and help (relatively) teams who will overload or blitz more (can't hold a guy if no one can touch him).  this also means Ds that disrupt routes more with physical contact get away with it more, but the sort of unwritten rule is that you have be close to the LOS (they let it slide a good bit beyond 5 yards tho).  also, a single prime pass rusher has moves to disengage quickly and beat linemen even when they try to hold, sadly we haven't shown anyone on our roster like that, cinci has one.

 

The downside of this kind of d is you get opened up for big run plays when your zone LB is trying to mug the slot or TE and there is a back barreling through, and if the offensive player can clear the clutchy defender you get guys out of position.  also, if the o is wise to it, they can just structurally put your aggressive guys in bad positions and move the play (being aggressive means it's harder to adjust on the fly at a player to player level).

 

babbich has been a disaster at times, but he's shown a much stronger willingness to mix up coverages, sort of randomize blitzes and dogs, and be less stuck in a deep shell (although he's had way way too many instances of allowing too many yards on whatever down and long, lots of 2nd and 15s become 3rd and 4s when he doesn't challenge and just hopes to rally to the ball).  I hope our d looks a lot more like how it looked in the first 3 quarters vs the lions.  if you can take the confidence out of the O (especially the run blocking/pass protection) then you can force some negative drives and get josh allen the ball.

 

imo mcd d's have actually been good at the rock paper scissors stuff, but they either are way too ineffective when they do blitz, or the settle on forcing a difficult throw and catch which playoff qbs make way too often.  getting better returns for the risks taken on D is what it will take for us to get over the hump.  no matter how we play d, we will need the DL to play how they did vs detroit (or kc) a lot more than how they played vs baltimore this season and we need our corners to hold up.  the greater willingness to play bishop and to a lesser extent williams makes me think they at least have this in mind.

[Kelly to Allen]

I'd love to bring him on the staff. 

[eball]

This thread proving again why fan message boards are predictable and hilarious.  One man’s trash is another man’s treasure, and nobody likes to trash their own team’s coaches and covet another team’s coaches like NFL fans.

 

[mikemac2001]

14 hours ago, Sojourner said:

I don’t think it’s a priority of his to be honest.

 

His coaching history isn’t too great either. They didn’t have that bad a roster during his time with the Rams and even acquired Sam Bradford first overall. In terms of drafting they didn’t do an awful jobs their either, some decent hits. 
 

Probably the failings play a bigger part than is led to believe. He has his niche. A very good one. 4 Superbowls in that position says he’s probably content and best suited where he’s at. 

 

Ummm he just said he wanted to be and Sam Bradford was the biggest money making scam ever dude sucked 

 

https://www.si.com/nfl/chiefs/gm-report/steve-spagnuolo-addresses-desire-to-be-a-head-coach-in-2025

[BearNorth]

Burrow is saying that he wants them to keep Higgins.  Not sure how you have a $45MM QB, pairing that with two $25MM wideouts.  That's 35% of your projected cap for 3 players.  Throw in Hendrickson at $20MM, coupled with one of the least financially sound owners [Mike Brown], not sure how they do this.  Also keeping wideouts into a second high priced contract is looking like a bit of a gamble.

[SCBills]

15 hours ago, mannc said:

And this is why Brady should accept a head coach offer if he receives one…yesterday’s “hot coordinator” can become a scapegoat very quickly.

 

I think defenses can be far more volatile year to year than offenses.. especially one led by Josh Allen that has Kromer and the OL locked up long term.

[mannc]

52 minutes ago, SCBills said:

 

I think defenses can be far more volatile year to year than offenses.. especially one led by Josh Allen that has Kromer and the OL locked up long term.

Ken Dorsey might disagree.

[SCBills]

13 minutes ago, mannc said:

Ken Dorsey might disagree.

 

Ha.. well this is assuming you're actually a good OC

[Sierra Foothills]

14 hours ago, Beck Water said:

Seems to me there could be a real chance the Saints hire Joe Brady

 

I hope that the Bills can retain Brady but it seems like a coin flip at best.

 

If it were the Saints that hired him, then we could hire Darren Rizzi as our Special Teams Coordinator.

 

That would be a big upgrade over who we have now.

 

[Einstein's Dog]

2 hours ago, BearNorth said:

Burrow is saying that he wants them to keep Higgins.  Not sure how you have a $45MM QB, pairing that with two $25MM wideouts.  That's 35% of your projected cap for 3 players.  Throw in Hendrickson at $20MM, coupled with one of the least financially sound owners [Mike Brown], not sure how they do this.  Also keeping wideouts into a second high priced contract is looking like a bit of a gamble.

I think you are seriously underestimating the cost of Jamar if you think he is signing for $25M.

[machine gun kelly]

17 hours ago, Dr.Sack said:

Can’t really blame this guy for any organizational failures. Not his fault he was given horrible personnel on the defensive side. 

Sack, I’m just reading, but agree with you.  He's a good coach, but when they give you bad ingredients, the cook can only do so much as Parcel’s stated many years ago.

 

With his resume, he’ll get picked up right away for someone needing DC talent.  If I were Chicago, once their HC is hired, I’d scoop him up in a heartbeat as Chicago needs an excellent defensive coordinator, and has young talent.

[BearNorth]

11 minutes ago, Einstein's Dog said:

I think you are seriously underestimating the cost of Jamar if you think he is signing for $25M.

Spotrac says that's what Tee is worth.  Ja'marr makes a 5th year option in 2025 of 22MM [unless he holds out].  Agreed, Chase will reset the WR market spotrac saying at least $33MM average.

[Einstein's Dog]

10 minutes ago, BearNorth said:

Spotrac says that's what Tee is worth.  Ja'marr makes a 5th year option in 2025 of 22MM [unless he holds out].  Agreed, Chase will reset the WR market spotrac saying at least $33MM average.

I think Jamar will be looking for J Jefferson money.  Which makes the Bengals problems even more severe.

[Sojourner]

3 hours ago, mikemac2001 said:

Ummm he just said he wanted to be and Sam Bradford was the biggest money making scam ever dude sucked 

 

https://www.si.com/nfl/chiefs/gm-report/steve-spagnuolo-addresses-desire-to-be-a-head-coach-in-2025

Yeah? I didn’t say he didn’t but that it seems with his comments the last few years and in the link you posted that it is not a priority and that he’s content with the role he’s at given the success he’s had. 
 

Getting a HC gig doesn’t seem like the be all-end all for him was all I was alluding to. 

[Buffalo_Stampede]

I feel like the Bengals are turning into the Philip Rivers Chargers.

[Thurman#1]

On 1/7/2025 at 8:42 AM, TheBeaneBandit said:

We've never seen anything that sniffs clutch in the playoffs on D.....just sayin......

 

 

The Taron Johnson Pick Six says hello.

 

Again, we really have seen some excellent D in the playoffs and a bunch of pretty damn solid. Except against the Chiefs. And just about nobody has stopped the Chiefs offense in the playoffs from getting whatever amount of points they needed to get the win. Except the Bengals that one time, and that looked more like partly a good job on defense by Cincy but also partly just a crappy day from Mahomes.

 

Just sayin'.

 

Edited 7 hours ago by Thurman#1

[GunnerBill]

23 hours ago, mannc said:

Ken Dorsey might disagree.

 

Ken Dorsey is not as good at the job as Joe Brady. Simple.