{"id":694667,"date":"2026-01-21T21:13:14","date_gmt":"2026-01-21T21:13:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/694667\/"},"modified":"2026-01-21T21:13:14","modified_gmt":"2026-01-21T21:13:14","slug":"what-will-zac-taylor-do-if-bengals-lose-dan-pitcher","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/694667\/","title":{"rendered":"What will Zac Taylor do if Bengals lose Dan Pitcher?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Jan. 20, 2026, 5:30 a.m. ET<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">The <a href=\"\/\" data-t-l=\":b|e|k|\u2691u\" class=\"gnt_ar_b_a\">Cincinnati Bengals<\/a> could lose offensive coordinator Dan Pitcher soon.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">If that happens, it would mark another loss to Zac Taylor\u2019s coaching staff to other teams via promotion.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">In Pitcher\u2019s case, it might be a \u201cpromotion\u201d after an interview with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers because Taylor has <a href=\"http:\/\/bengalswire.usatoday.com\/story\/sports\/nfl\/bengals\/2026\/01\/19\/bengals-zac-taylor-permits-dan-pitcher-seek-play-calling-jobs\/88254039007\/\" data-t-l=\":b|e|k|\u2691u\" class=\"gnt_ar_b_a\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">granted him permission to speak with other teams<\/a> offering coordinator roles in which he calls the plays.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">So if Pitcher leaves, one has to wonder if Brian Callahan might walk back through that door.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">RELATED:<a href=\"http:\/\/bengalswire.usatoday.com\/story\/sports\/nfl\/bengals\/2026\/01\/09\/duke-tobin-anticipated-bengals-address-underwhelms\/88102883007\/\" data-t-l=\":b|e|k|\u2691u\" class=\"gnt_ar_b_a\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Duke Tobin&#8217;s anticipated Bengals address underwhelms<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Need a news break? <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" data-t-l=\":body nav (play)|e|auto spike click:4|\u2691u\" class=\"gnt_ar_b_sp_a\" href=\"https:\/\/play.usatoday.com\/?itm_source=SPIKE&amp;itm_campaign=PLAYSPIKE&amp;itm_medium=ONSITE\">Check out the all new PLAY hub with puzzles, games and more!<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">Callahan was the coordinator before Pitcher and went on to serve as head coach of the Tennessee Titans. He\u2019s on the market right now and hasn\u2019t seen his name pop up often in job chatter just yet.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">Given the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/sportsdata.usatoday.com\/football\/nfl\/teams\/cincinnati-bengals\/327\" data-autotag=\"6d3e484d-5133-4c06-a871-967f8646390b\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" data-t-l=\":b|e|k|\u2691u\" class=\"gnt_ar_b_a\">Bengals<\/a>\u2019 reliance on continuity, Callahan simply coming back to work with Taylor and Joe Burrow again would be a pretty safe bet. It would be tough to see them actually going outside the team for fresh ideas at this stage, especially when a whopping 10 NFL teams need to hire new head coaches and entire staff sheets in the process, taking up all the big-time candidates.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">Callahan coming back if Pitcher leaves might be a little boring, but it would certainly be Bengals boring, at least.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">RELATED:<a href=\"http:\/\/bengalswire.usatoday.com\/story\/sports\/nfl\/bengals\/2026\/01\/10\/bengals-free-agents-list-trey-hendrickson-joseph-ossai\/88110081007\/\" data-t-l=\":b|e|k|\u2691u\" class=\"gnt_ar_b_a\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Bengals players slated to become free agents<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Jan. 20, 2026, 5:30 a.m. ET The Cincinnati Bengals could lose offensive coordinator Dan Pitcher soon.\u00a0 If that&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":694668,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2026],"tags":[95878,7,13078,95905,95882,95913,95896,95888,95895,95897,95883,95881],"class_list":{"0":"post-694667","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-football","8":"tag-accessfree","9":"tag-football","10":"tag-sstssportsnflbengals","11":"tag-sstsnbengals","12":"tag-tagamerican-football","13":"tag-tagcincinnati-bengals","14":"tag-tagnational-sports","15":"tag-tagnfl","16":"tag-tagnfl-hub","17":"tag-tagoverall-negative","18":"tag-tagsports-news","19":"tag-typestory"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/694667","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=694667"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/694667\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/694668"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=694667"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=694667"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=694667"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}