Cincy Jungle · May 31, 2021
Bengals’ Zac Taylor given sixth-best odds to be first coach fired
Photo by Patrick McDermott/Getty ImagesZac Taylor’s first few seasons in the Queen City have gone a little rougher than anticipated.
After Marvin Lewis was fired following a six-win 2018 season, Taylor was brought in from Los Angeles. The franchise was crumbling as veterans like Geno Atkins, Carlos Dunlap, and A.J. Green were all dropping off in terms of that high-level explosiveness.
That doesn’t necessarily excuse Taylor’s first season, in which he won just two games. However, that pitiful season did land the Bengals the top pick in the 2020 NFL Draft.
