Bengals Should Give O-Line MAJOR Boost, HIRE Bill Callahan ‘By Any Means Necessary’

Bengals Should Give O-Line MAJOR Boost, HIRE Bill Callahan ‘By Any Means Necessary’

The Bengals have a chance to upgrade their coaching staff in a significant way. Why Zack Taylor and company need to make it happen. And yes, it’s a familiar face. Let’s break it down right now on Cincinnati Bengals Talk [Music] and let’s dive into a big big moment hopefully for the Bengals but certainly for the NFL and what the Titans did on Monday. Moving on from former Bengals offensive coordinator Brian Callahan who spent five years with the Bengals and spent just over a year in Tennessee. He finished with a 4-19 record as head coach of the Titans after five seasons with the Bengals as their offensive coordinator. Well, this video isn’t necessarily about Brian. And yet, would I be open to Brian returning? Absolutely. And some sort of role. Totally open to that. So, I’ll get that out of the way. But what I think the Bengals should be focused on, and what I certainly hope they’re focused on, is Bill Callahan. The Bengals need to bring in Bill Callahan. He was the Titans offensive line coach moving on after his son was fired. And if it’s a tandem deal, it’s a tandem deal. I don’t care. Get Bel Bill Callahan in Cincinnati. By the way, I think Brian’s a really good coach, but this video is certainly about Bill. Look, this Bengals offensive line needs to improve. This Bengals offensive line has has hit a lull. And it’s a law that I think a lot of people thought when Frank Pollock was fired and they brought in Scott Peters that it was going to fix it. And I don’t necessarily think that’s been the case. Do think they played pretty well in the second half of of Sunday’s game against Green Bay. But overall, it’s been underwhelming. The run blocking has been underwhelming. The overall performance has been underwhelming. The performance of veterans underwhelming. The development hasn’t been there. And so, Bill Callahan, who is now available and is going to draw interest from plenty of teams throughout the league, well, he should be high on the Bengals list of additions. Like, we talk a lot about trades and free agent acquisitions and all of those things, all the transactional moves in the NFL. And I’m known for that, right? Coming up with trade ideas and thoughts and being aggressive. Bill Callahan is a must. He’s a must. He is someone that the Bengals should go after. He’s one of, if not the best offensive line coach on the planet. And you see how Cleveland has played uh over the past what five years or so uh under Bill Callahan. And I believe it was five years. And he left last year from Cleveland to Tennessee when uh Brian got hired by the Titans. Bill makes a ton of sense. And he has ties to Zack Taylor. I’ll get to those ties coming up. But overall, like if you’re frustrated with the offensive line play and the development and the drafting and all of those things, there’s no one better than Bill Callahan. And it’s a proven track record. It’s a track record that has been there, done that. And so if you can land him, well, you better land him. It it’s it’s really that simple to me. And I don’t know exactly how Scott Peters is viewed within the organization. He worked with Bill Callahan in Cleveland and so they have a good relationship and so I think it would be pretty easy for that to work. Not saying fire Scott Peters and bring in Bill Callahan, but you bring in Bill Callahan with some sort of title and then both guys maximize what you can do offensive linewise. That’s what I would do. Maybe you make him the the run game coordinator, the assistant offensive assistant O line, whatever for the rest of this season. But if you can get Bill Callahan to Cincinnati, you do it. And it’s very simple. Your offensive line needs to improve. That’s been the case. That will continue to be the case. Don’t you want to get the most out of Amarius Mims and Dylan Fairchild and Jaylen Rivers? Like young guys that you’re hoping are building blocks, Matt Lee potentially. Don’t you? I do. So that’s why I would totally be on board with Bill Callahan to Cincinnati. He has ties to Zack Taylor. We’ll get to that coming up next. This video is also brought to you by WinWin Athletics. They’re solving everyday sports problems through thoughtful designs. Starting with their innovative Win-win flag football kit that helps you play five on five flag football anywhere from the backyard to the beach and everywhere in between. You got to get yours today at winwinathletics.com. Let’s get into these Zack Taylor ties because I think that this is an important nugget here. one, Zack Taylor seriously considered hiring him and the Bengals seriously considered hiring Bill Callahan after the 2019 season. They tried to hire him in 2019 uh when they first were hired, but the the commanders wouldn’t let him out of his contract. His contract ran out and the Bengals, I think, were open to hiring him, but Jim Turner was still under contract, offensive line coach at the time. This is one of those decisions that nearly cost Zack Taylor his head coaching job. It didn’t, but I feel like it almost did and decided to be loyal, stick with Jim Turner. That didn’t work out. Bill Callahan goes to Cleveland and obviously was really, really good for the Browns for years, but now’s your chance to write that wrong. There’s number one. Two, Zack Taylor played for Bill Callahan at Nebraska. And I I think that’s such a an intriguing storyline because they have a relationship, a bond, that you only get in certain certain scenarios. And Zack Taylor, the quarterback, playing for Bill Callahan, the head coach. Well, now if you can bring him in to fix an offensive line, that has been a problem for the entire Joe Brow era. Now, not all of them, not every single lineman. And I I know that’s an overarching type of thought, but it’s true. There’s a reason we talk about offensive line over and over and over and over and over again. And so the the point of this video is twofold. One, the Bengals have a chance to make a significant change to their coaching staff that would upgrade everything about a certain position group. And however you can get him in the building, you get him in the building. If it means making a tough decision, if it means bringing him on with the idea that he’s going to be the the main offensive line coach next year, I I honestly don’t care. Do it. If it means bringing Brian back in a consulting role and Bill back or or Bill here, fine. Fine. Do it. I’m all for it. Like people look at what happened in Tennessee at 419 and say, “Oh, well Brian was an awful offensive coordinator.” Like that’s just not true. It’s not true at all. He was a very good offensive coordinator where a lot of you when he was here were were begging for him to call plays over Zack, right? And it’s real easy like Tyler Boyd leaves, they move Jamar in the slot more because Tyler Boyd was basically a slot only. And then you could say, “Oh, well Jamar is moving around more. Why didn’t Brian do that?” Well, it’s because of the personnel. And I know that for a fact. Brian when he was here certainly would have moved uh Jamar around more. So I I’m I’m on board with whatever. If you got to bring the Callahan squared back, right? Bring them both back. Fine. And I say back. I know Bill hasn’t been here, but to get Bill, if you got to bring Brian in, fine. If Brian wants to come back and help out, fine. This offense hasn’t scored a a first half touchdown since Joe Burrow threw one to Jamar Chase. Like, this offense needs help. And Bill would be my number one target. Bill is someone the Bengals should be discussing right now and have already reached out to him. I don’t know that that’s the case, but that should be the case. They should have already picked up the phone. They should have said, “All right, hey, Bill, now that you’re available, how do we get you here to Cincinnati? I’ve wanted you here for a long time. How do we do it? We don’t want to insult Scott Peters. If if Brian’s Brian’s more than welcome to come back, too. I’ll call Brian. I’ll reach out to Brian.” Like, that’s that should be the conversation. And I hope it is. I hope it is. And we’re going to have you covered every step of the way. It’s It’s a big week. It’s a very very big week. We’re going to cover that uh as we continue here. And uh we have Enter the Jungle Tuesday night. We’re going to hear from Jamar Chase and Joe Flacco on Tuesday afternoon. Obviously, it’s Steelers week. And honestly, this to me is so obvious. It’s so obvious. Bring in Bill Callahan. Any means necessary. That’s right. By any means necessary. For Andrew Fox Miller, I’m James Rene. Thank you so much for watching and listening. We’ll talk to you soon right here on Cincinnati Bengals Talk. [Music]

The Cincinnati Bengals should hire Bill Callahan after he was let go by the Tennessee Titans on Monday. Callahan and the Titans parted ways after the team fired head coach and his son Brian Callahan.

James Rapien explains why Zac Taylor and the Bengals should hire Bill Callahan by any means necessary, even if it means reuniting with Brian and what it could mean for Scott Peters’ future in Cincinnati.

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