{"id":663066,"date":"2026-01-08T05:59:17","date_gmt":"2026-01-08T05:59:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/663066\/"},"modified":"2026-01-08T05:59:17","modified_gmt":"2026-01-08T05:59:17","slug":"bengals-could-lose-key-part-of-zac-taylors-coaching-staff-after-all","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/663066\/","title":{"rendered":"Bengals could lose key part of Zac Taylor’s coaching staff after all"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Cincinnati Bengals<\/a> and head coach Zac Taylor don\u2019t sound like a team about to make many, if any, changes to the coaching staff going into 2026.\u00a0<\/p>\n

But other teams could always force their hand.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The Cleveland Browns, specifically, could cause the Bengals<\/a> some problems, with the AFC North rival requesting permission to interview offensive coordinator Dan Pitcher for their head-coach opening.\u00a0<\/p>\n

RELATED: Bengals’ Duke Tobin to make rare media appearance this week<\/a><\/p>\n

ESPN\u2019s Jeremy Fowler and others reported the news, with Fowler even adding the following: \u201cI wouldn’t sleep on Pitcher as a candidate. He has some fans in Cleveland.\u201d<\/p>\n

Like Brian Callahan before him, Pitcher was always destined to get some looks during head-coaching searches.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Pitcher is part of the contingent with a hand in the Bengals offense over the years and worked closely with Joe Burrow. Teams looking to ride the wave of offense while developing high-end quarterback prospects will look his way.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Whether Pitcher gets looks from other teams remains to be seen, but the initial reporting makes it sound like he\u2019s a strong candidate for the Browns.\u00a0<\/p>\n

RELATED: Bengals cautioned against Joe Burrow, Matthew Stafford scenario<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Cincinnati Bengals and head coach Zac Taylor don\u2019t sound like a team about to make many, if…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":663067,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2053],"tags":[247,265,228,1574,227,256,2296,5570,12,388,7,20842,379,1573,1577,3310,32,246,88,6,35196,245,264,9,5573,266,3177,5571,776],"class_list":["post-663066","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-cincinnati-bengals","tag-american","tag-american-football","tag-bengals","tag-burrow","tag-cincinnati","tag-cincinnati-bengals","tag-cincinnatibengals","tag-coaching","tag-espn","tag-espn-inc","tag-football","tag-hub","tag-inc","tag-joe","tag-joe-burrow","tag-matthew","tag-matthew-stafford","tag-neutral","tag-news","tag-nfl","tag-nfl-hub","tag-overall","tag-overall-neutral","tag-sports","tag-sports-coaching-u0026-training","tag-sports-news","tag-stafford","tag-training","tag-u0026"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/115857953019521530","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/663066","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=663066"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/663066\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/663067"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=663066"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=663066"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=663066"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}