NFL Week 5, 2019: 5 Coaches on the hot seat
By Dan Parzych
5. Zac Taylor, Bengals
First off, it may seem unfair to put a head coach such as Zac Taylor on this list since he’s currently in the middle of his first season with the Cincinnati Bengals, but also this shows how rough things have been.
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By now, Taylor seemed like would have his first career win as head coach locked up, but the Bengals are heading into Week 5 still winless with a meeting against another winless team in the Arizona Cardinals.
After his previous work with the Los Angeles Rams in 2018, one of the reasons behind Cincinnati’s excitement over the hiring of Taylor was due to the hope that he would get Andy Dalton on the right level to help the Bengals elevate their offense to new levels.
Obviously, the circumstances are a bit different since A.J. Green has been sidelined, and his presence would make a huge difference on offense, but hopefully Sunday can help take the pressure off Taylor with the Bengals securing that first win of 2019.
As mentioned before, a head coach in the middle of their first season on a rebuilding team normally isn’t on a list like this, but this is how bad it’s been in Cincinnati after one month of action.