Ever since he took over the Cincinnati Bengals’ head coaching job, Zac Taylor has preached high character from his players. The staff hasn’t kept many holdovers from the Marvin Lewis era, but the ones who have stuck are those bearing fruit on and off of the football field.
Tyler Boyd and Sam Hubbard have embraced their veteran leadership roles in the locker room, with the latter being nominated as the team’s Walter Payton Man of the Year representative. But, so has Joe Mixon, who is also in the middle of his best professional season as the team’s running back.