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Predicting the success of a new head coach is rough. Many of the things that make a head coach successful are hard to see from a distance. For the Bengals Womens Dre Kirkpatrick Jersey , some people are concerned about the fact that the man they intend to hire, Zac Taylor, did not call plays and was not the offensive coordinator. Even if he was the offensive coordinator, what would worry me about Taylor is exactly what excites me about him: Sean McVay.Everyone wants the next McVay, just ask Twitter. McVay has a great football mind and turned the Rams around in a hurry. He took Jared Goff, who looked terrible in his rookie season and has made him into one of the most effective passers in the league. In only his second year in Los Angeles, McVay has made the Rams into a Super Bowl favorite. The question is: can this be duplicated? NFL teams surely hope so.There is no track record for McVay’s coaches. If Eric Bieniemy were hired as the head coach of the Bengals, people could feel somewhat comforted by the fact that Andy Reid’s last two offensive coordinators were successful as head coaches pretty quickly. But as McVay put it: “I’m too young to have a coaching tree.”With McVay Darqueze Dennard Jersey , all we have to look at is new Green Bay Packers head coach Matt LaFleur’s uninspiring year as offensive coordinator of the Tennessee Titans. We just don’t know enough of what McVay’s assistants can do on their own, not yet anyways.That is the roll of the dice that the Packers have taken and the Bengals wish to take. What exactly is going on in Los Angeles? Has McVay assembled a great group of offensive minds around him or is he just, to borrow a term from Jim Collins’ book Good to Great, a “genius with 1,000 helpers”?McVay calls the plays for the Rams. Not only that, he communicates directly with Goff until the in helmet headset cuts out with 15 seconds left on the play clock. Albeit impressive, this fact makes one seriously wonder about the role of the quarterbacks coach (Taylor 2018 or LeFleur 2017).Don’t get me wrong — this is not a doom and gloom article. I am optimistic about the Taylor hire. Only those inside of the Rams organization truly know the contributions that he has made and only Mike Brown, the Blackburns Randy Bullock Jersey White , and Duke Tobin know what his plans are for making the Bengals great. And that is the problem with head coaching hires. It is hard to see from the outside who has what it takes to be a great head coach. Remember when the Bengals drafted cornerback William Jackson right from under the Steelers’ nose? Well, the cornerback they took instead is in danger of being cut before the season." />Skip to main contentclockmenumore-arrownoyesCincy Jungle homepageHorizontal - WhiteCincy Junglea Cincinnati Bengals communityFollow Cincy Jungle online:Follow Cincy Jungle on TwitterFollow Cincy Jungle on FacebookFollow Cincy Jungle on InstagramLog in or sign upLog InSign UpSite searchSearchSearchCincy Jungle main menuFanpostsFanshotsSectionsLibraryBengalsOddsAboutMastheadCommunity GuidelinesStubHubMoreAll 321 blogs on Horizontal - WhiteFanposts Fanshots Sections #BITESIZEFilm RoomRoster Transactions and ContractsOrange & Black InsiderSalary Cap And CBAAround the AFC North: Steelers’ Artie Burns inching toward roster bubbleNew,1commentRemember when the Bengals drafted cornerback William Jackson right from under the Steelers’ nose? Well, the cornerback they took instead is in danger of being cut before the season.EDTNFL fans are trying to make there way through the slow period of NFL coverage before teams kick off training camps, which makes it as good a time as any to check in on the rest of the AFC North.Baltimore RavensWide receivers remain to be a huge uncertaintyThe Ravens haven’t had consistent receivers since they relied on veteran receivers like Anquan Boldin or Steve Smith. They’ve tried to address the position plenty of times with players like Breshad Perriman, Michael Crabtree, John Brown and so on and so forth.2019 marks another hard reboot for that group. They drafted Marquise Brown in the first round and Miles Bokin in the third. These players will be filling the void left by both Crabtree and Brown leaving after a single season with the team.The elephant in the room has to be addressed, though. This team is being built around Lamar Jackson and a heavy running game that will feature plenty of running backs (but is headlined by Mark Ingram). The receivers aren’t going to be asked to catch five to 10 passes a game. They will be working out of play action a majority of the time Womens Preston Brown Jersey , and they should see plenty of single coverage with the defense’s focus being on the running game. It will be interesting to see how Jackson and these receivers will fair when the team is in obvious passing situations. It doesn’t seem wise to put that kind of pressure on such young receivers right out of the gate, and it could result in a very inconsistent 2019 for Baltimore.Cleveland BrownsPressure is already mounting on ClevelandFor those fans who don’t regularly take in NFL news on a more national level, you may be surprised to hear that the Browns have become quite the darlings of the NFL. Many are pegging them as serious contenders for the AFC North.It is hard to ignore them. They won five of their last seven games (two of which were against the Bengals), and they had one of the best offseasons of any NFL team that was highlighted by acquiring Odell Beckham Jr. to really boost their offensive power.I’m not going to sit here and say the attention they are getting is unwarranted by any means. What is troubling is this isn’t a team that has gone to play anyone and been viewed a legitimate threat. They’ve very much flown under the radar whenever they’ve played teams, and they won’t have that benefit this upcoming season. How they deal with the fact that teams are going to come into games focused on Cleveland will be a huge indicator of how well they perform in 2019. Odds are they will either be very successful, or they’ll go up in flames.Pittsburgh SteelersCornerback Artie Burns is aware of the ‘urgency of his circumstance’Let me take you back for a second. It is the 2016 draft. The Bengals are sitting at pick no. 24, and they just watched a run of receivers go off the board in front of them. They end up selecting the cornerback out of Houston, William Jackson Womens Trey Hopkins Jersey , which is fairly shocking given the team’s current depth at the position. It was probably most shocking to the team selecting right after Cincinnati, the Pittsburgh Steelers. The Steelers ended up drafting Artie Burns, which even at the time was viewed as a reach. Burns had some slight buzz of entering the first round, but it appears the Bengals will be getting the last laugh here. ESPN’s Jeremy Fowler thinks Burns’ time with Pittsburgh could be coming to an end sooner than expected:Meanwhile, Pittsburgh had an up close look at what could have been in 2017 when Jackson blanketed Antonio Brown. He didn’t allow a single reception to the All-Pro receiver in the two games they played. The Steelers, on the other hand, have been scrambling to find talented corners for years. The team brought in Steven Nelson via free agency and drafted Justin Layne in the third round. Even if Burns manages to fight his way onto the 53-man roster, he will be scheduled to hit free agency after this season. Pittsburgh declined his fifth-year option Joe Mixon Jersey White , which is usually a telling sign as to whether the team has a first round pick in their plans for the future. The Bengals may not have much on the Steelers the past few seasons, but at least we can say Cincinnati stole Jackson from them.