The Cincinnati Bengals’ offensive coaching staff will remain intact, as offensive coordinator Brian Callahan and quarterbacks coach Dan Pitcher will return next season.
James Rapien and Jake Liscow explain why it’s big for Joe Burrow, Ja’Marr Chase and Zac Taylor. They also talk about Lou Anarumo’s future and Super Bowl LVII.
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44 Comments
I was fine with Callahan leaving more than Anarumo. I think the Defense will need continuity more than the offense next year.
James, how can Bettcher not be a solid candidate to replace Lou if he does leave?
What am I doing for the SB? Hoping for Philly!
So glad to have something to watch instead of super bowl right now. Thanks for posting today guys! Great work
Not watching the SB. But also- GO EAGLES!!!! Wearing my Bengals shirt today.
Can you imagine how good this Bengals defense is going to be if Lou Anarumo comes back for another season! He’s going to be on a mission proving the Arizona Cardinals made the wrong decision by not hiring Lou Anarumo as their head coach. Who is better than Lou Anarumo as the head coach for Arizona? You can’t tell me Eric Bienemy or Jonathan Gannon is more qualified to be a head coach than the mad scientist in Lou Anarumo! It’s a huge win for the Bengals! And a huge loss for the Cardinals and Colts!
Mike Zimmer will be a great replacement to Lue
In the case we lose Loe A. we have Mike Zimmer as an replacement. Mike Zimmer had a to 5 defense many years under Lewis. Lewis would also be a good replacement for Lou A.
Callahan could have left.
It appears that some people aren't aware how critical Dan Pitcher and Brian Callahan are to the offense and JB…. I'm also amazed that some many commentators ignore how valuable Tyler Boyd is to JB and the offense… if TB wasn't injured during the AFC Championship game, there's plenty evidence that he would have been a strong factor too
No supper bowl watch in my home
Another great vid from Locked On
CohesionBengals. I'll be very glad, not only for us, but for Coach Lou if Arizona passes on him. It's so nice when your reasonable expectation is that we will compete again for a SB berth. Probably rooting for the Chiefs, but expect the Eagles to win. Eagles 31 Chiefs 21.Great news and I hope we get all of our coaches back. I still believe if we don't get screwed in the AFC championship, we win the Superbowl this. Then next year we would have a shot to do it two years in a row. So especially with some turnover on the roster I believe we really need all of our coaches. Lou is the most important one in my opinion. He has found a way to confuse and contains some of the best players in the league. It's not even just quarterbacks look at what he did to running backs. Instead of getting multiple superstars, he got a bunch of good players and stuck them together and developed them. I think we need him to put another defense together even with some new players and I think he could actually improve it. I'm glad we got our other coaches back but I believe that with the offensive weapons we have we could have still survived and coaching change at OC. As much as we got screwed this year between the Hamlin situation and the AFC championship, I hope next year we're allowed to actually go to the Superbowl and win it.
Ahhhhh dangit…. 👀 I'm sad 😔… not really I'm selfishly glad just for the teams sake. Continuity hopefully pays off and lands us in the SB again winning it all.
The O and D line must get better to win the next SB.
Let us cut Mixon and give Mixon's money to Lou, and keep him until at least a SB win. He's more important than Mixon.
I’m sorry this teams offense should be at a min 30 points a game yet half the games we start off slow . The defense has really helped the offense. Please Lou come back
My opinion on the Super Bowl, no intention of watching. I've never missed one and as Bengal fans we know how to watch the Superbowl and still enjoy it. Meaning, we are accustomed to watching it without our team being in it. However, I cannot forgive what happened in the AFC championship. I enjoy every aspect even commercials, Marvel trailers, story lines etc. I can't do it and I'm hoping their ratings take a hit. That's the only way they may pay attention to the mistakes they made. Rodger Goodell, had an interview where he was asked about the AFC championship. He believes that the referees did a good job, that they have the entire season and no one's perfect. However, he offered no solutions and has no regrets about how the Bengals were screwed. Of course, I still think a lot of that had to do with him. I think after beating the Bills and Burrow saying " better send those refunds". Since we hurt his profit and their neutral site game, we weren't going to be allowed to go to the Superbowl. I don't believe it's because we're a smaller market, we were voted in as a top 10 most popular sport teams this year. Of course, we all know Mahomes and KC, have a huge following and bigger market. So I hope next year we're allowed to win the Superbowl. It sucks to feel this way but I have no doubt we weren't supposed to win that game. We know, bonuses were given for targeting teams star players. Do we think it's possible, the refs received a bonus if the Bengals lost? I'll get my tinfoil hat lol. However, Steelers fans and fans all across the NFL are also calling BS. It's obvious there's a huge problem. Then Rodger says they did well, to me that's very telling. I'm not upset with any Bengals fan who watches, I just don't know how else to show my disapproval of what was done. I did look for a phone number to call, during and after that game. I wasn't intelligent enough, to locate a way to get through.
I know we will lose some guys but realistically I think we have a huge opportunity to get better. If we use free agency properly, we may pull a few superstars, with a solid core. As players get older, they want that ring. We should be able to afford, some veterans who are amazing at their position. They are usually reasonable on price, they're more worried winning the Super Bowl. Those type of guys aren't going to take too much money because they want to get the ring.
Thank you guys so much, for all the amazing videos and insight throughout the year. I was going to take a break from all things NFL but you guys keep making great content. So I'll stick with you throughout the offseason, to hear the latest news.
WHO DEY!!!!
This is the hardest super bowl of my life to watch because of feeling like the Bengals got cheated out of being there.
Please say Pollack is out. 32 in ‘21 and 31 in ‘22? And THE main reason why we lost the SB and the AFC championship.
Go get that summer body six pack Jake
I refuse to watch the Super Bowl.
It's not necessarily a win keeping their offensive coordinator I think he holds Joe burrow and this offense back
The Bengals had a top 5 offense AND a top 5 defense this past year. Next year is our year. Super Bowl baby. I hope Lou comes back for 1 more year. He doesn’t want that Cardinals job. Talk about a dead end job.
Look at James with the pessimism. Why do you automatically think the Bengals defense will be worse next year? They may be better. They will keep Vonn Bell and Akeem Davis Gaither can more than make up the loss of Pratt. Hell so could Markus Bailey. All the Bengals need to do is retain Vonn Bell and get a veteran pass rusher in free agency. Someone like Melvin Ingram or Justin Houston. We just need a little more juice In that area. Someone who can play 300-350 snaps and add 6 or 7 sacks. Melvin Ingram would be ideal. He is a free agent. If they do those 2 things and have a good draft they will be better. Dax Hill is a better athlete than Bates is. And Joseph Ossai will be better next year and so will Hubbard Sample and Hendrickson. Ossai will have something to prove next year. He had a great first year of playing. We can put Gunter on the practice squad for a year and let him learn. We can get a DT in the 3rd round to replace Josh Tupou. We can put Tupou on the practice squad too. Awuzie will be back and we can get another CB in round 1 or 2. Get an OT in the 1st or 2nd round to play right tackle till Collins is better and to be the future right tackle. Jonah will be playing in a contract year so my bet is we see the best performance from him that we have seen this far. If Jonah still sucks then Jackson Carman is up. He may be the future left tackle of this team.
They need to bring Apple back just as a backup and for depth. I would bring Flowers back too. I would draft a CB in the second round and an Offensive Tackle in the first round. In round 3 I would get a DT and in round 4 I would get another Guard/Center. Someone to replace Max Scharping. We have a lot of tackles in this team and not a lot of guards. Smith is a tackle that’s they don’t play at guard. Adeniji is a tackle who can play guard and Carman is better at tackle too. Trey Hill can play guard too but is a much better center.
Pretty Hard to WIN without the Refs!!! With them at least 1 maybe 2 SUPERBOWLS in a row!!! Glad I watched to confirm how much of a joke it i$!!! I the Giants is about team that beat the Refs off the top of my head.
Brady is not the Goat without the Refs & the Steelers are about average in the glory years!!!
Why should I watch when the REFS are the most important part of the game!!! Unless it's a blowout REFS do everything they can to control it.
Well ok but our offense needs to kick it up a notch, the schemes I see on KC are pretty involved and creative. We gotta get there and protect Joe better
Pay Lou like a head coach
Can’t believe the superbowl got decided by the refs. Makes the bengals game all more suspicious
Chiefs were rebuilding.and won
What are we doing
Glad to see Carlos Dunlap get a ring. Well deserved for Carlos. That’s awesome!
Don't need to lose Lou. They have to do whatever they can to keep him until the ring be on his finger
Mahomes two MVPS 2 SB MVPS. AT 27
Five / 5 host afc champ games in a row all stats Burrow will never have. And CHIEFS 12 draft picks Mahomes ties Peyton manning , Eli , Elway already passed Aikman yards playoff wins. Be very scared
I went to bed at about 8:30 last night. This playoff loss made me particularly sour. One thing I would love to see The Bengals do is have more offensive creativity. This chiefs-bengals rivalry reminds me of the cavs warriors rivalry. The warriors were super creative, play callers on offense. The Cavs just relied on their talent to beat their man. I’d love to see us with a more dynamic scheme.
I didn’t watch the game! From now on when the bengals are out…. I’m out! Who dey
The Chiefs won the Super Bowl
I agree, I think the D will be a bit different. I hope that Dax can step in there and things go smoothly. I hope they can at least keep Von around. I like Pratt also, maybe they could retain him as well. Whodey!
James: “6-pack Jake”
Jake: You done?
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Lou Anarumo is the more critical co-ordinator. The loss of Anarumo will be more difficult to replace.
Was Dan Pitcher offered the OC role and declined it? That would be wild and huge. I would like to learn more about what happened there.
Regardless, very glad to have them both back.
Bengals Super Bowl appearance 2024 💥