{"id":689516,"date":"2026-01-19T20:36:16","date_gmt":"2026-01-19T20:36:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/689516\/"},"modified":"2026-01-19T20:36:16","modified_gmt":"2026-01-19T20:36:16","slug":"bengals-allowing-dan-pitcher-to-interview-for-buccaneers-offensive-coordinator-job","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/689516\/","title":{"rendered":"Bengals allowing Dan Pitcher to interview for Buccaneers offensive coordinator job"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cincyjungle.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Cincinnati Bengals<\/a> offensive coordinator Dan Pitcher has already gotten an interview for the Cleveland Browns\u2019 head-coaching opening. Now, he\u2019s getting an interview for another team\u2019s vacant OC spot.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">According to NFL Network insider Ian Rapoport, Pitcher will interview for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers\u2019 OC job this week. Rapoport notes that Bengals head coach Zac Taylor is giving Pitcher the opportunity to interview for other OC jobs that will allow him to become a play-caller, something that Taylor handles with the Bengals.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">This is a surprising development, as the Bengals haven\u2019t been the type of organization in the past that allows coaches under contract to interview for the same job elsewhere. In fact, back in 2015, the Bengals blocked then-secondary coach Vance Joseph from interviewing for the Denver Broncos\u2019 defensive coordinator job.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">Thankfully, the Bengals are doing right by Pitcher and allowing him to pursue a promotion. While he may hold the title of offensive coordinator in Cincinnati, becoming a play-caller would be a significant promotion, one that could also help his prospects of becoming a head coach someday.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">The Bengals ownership and front office catch a lot of heat, and rightfully so in many cases, but kudos to them for making the right decision here.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">Now, we wait to see if Pitcher is about to head elsewhere and leave the Bengals searching for a new OC.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Cincinnati Bengals offensive coordinator Dan Pitcher has already gotten an interview for the Cleveland Browns\u2019 head-coaching opening. Now,&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":689517,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[2053],"tags":[228,227,256,1561,2296,7,6],"class_list":{"0":"post-689516","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-cincinnati-bengals","8":"tag-bengals","9":"tag-cincinnati","10":"tag-cincinnati-bengals","11":"tag-cincinnati-bengals-news","12":"tag-cincinnatibengals","13":"tag-football","14":"tag-nfl"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/689516","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=689516"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/689516\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/689517"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=689516"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=689516"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=689516"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}