{"id":693631,"date":"2026-01-21T12:00:17","date_gmt":"2026-01-21T12:00:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/693631\/"},"modified":"2026-01-21T12:00:17","modified_gmt":"2026-01-21T12:00:17","slug":"bengals-news-1-21-will-brian-callahan-return-to-cincinnati","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/693631\/","title":{"rendered":"Bengals News (1\/21): Will Brian Callahan return to Cincinnati?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">Cincinnati Bengals head coach Zac Taylor is allowing offensive coordinator Dan Pitcher to interview with other NFL teams looking for a play-calling OC. Pitcher has an interview with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers later this week, and other teams that still need a play-caller now know they can hit his line in the coming days.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">The Cincinnati Bengals have the feel of a team that will be pretty active in free agency.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">Cincinnati Bengals quarterback Joe Burrow has never been one to mince words. During the 2025 regular season, Burrow made headlines for comments during a press conference where he revealed he wasn\u2019t having fun. With the season over for the Bengals, Joe Burrow has not stopped sharing his insight into what\u2019s been going on in the NFL.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">Bengals offensive coordinator Dan Pitcher could have a new job in the near future.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">Bengals offensive coordinator Dan Pitcher wants to be a head coach in the NFL. He\u2019s helped the Bengals become a potent offense\u2014even when Joe Burrow has missed time. So what else does he have to be one of the top head coaching candidates in the league?<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">With the college football season having concluded Monday night, we can turn our full attention to the 2026 NFL Draft class.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">Making bold predictions on an upcoming NFL season is a tough business. It\u2019s like the draft &#8212; hitting on 40-50% of first-round picks is very hard to do.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">Robert Saleh is returning to the main chair, finalizing a deal to become head coach of the Tennessee Titans, according to CBS Sports\u2019 Matt Zenitz. Saleh, 46, spent the 2025 season in his second stint as defensive coordinator of the San Francisco 49ers, managing an injured unit that nevertheless advanced to the Divisional Round of the NFL playoffs.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">The Los Angeles Chargers are expected to hire former Miami Dolphins coach Mike McDaniel as their new offensive coordinator, CBS Sports\u2019 Jonathan Jones reports.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">Only four NFL teams and three total games remain in the 2025 season. While the sun hasn\u2019t completely set to mark the start of football hibernation, most organizations have already pivoted to their offseason preparation.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Cincinnati Bengals head coach Zac Taylor is allowing offensive coordinator Dan Pitcher to interview with other NFL teams&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":693632,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2053],"tags":[228,227,256,1561,2296,7,6],"class_list":{"0":"post-693631","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":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/115932982893168640","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/693631","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=693631"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/693631\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/693632"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=693631"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=693631"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=693631"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}