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Williams inbox: Bengals' status quo looks worse amid NFL coach firings

Story byJason Williams, Cincinnati EnquirerFri, January 23, 2026 at 5:25 AM UTC·2 min readAsk columnist Jason Williams anything − sports or non-sports – and he’ll pick some of your questions and comments from his inbox and respond on Cincinnati. com. Email: jwilliams@enquirer. comSubject: Cincinnati Bengals look bad for keeping Zac Taylor amid NFL firingsMessage: John Harbaugh won a Super Bowl in Baltimore. He won eight road playoff games over 18 seasons there, something no other coach has done.

Williams inbox: Bengals' status quo looks worse amid NFL coach firings

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Key Highlights

  • He still got fired. AdvertisementAdvertisementAdvertisementSean McDermott made Buffalo a regular contender in the AFC, at one point going six straight seasons of winning at least one playoff game.
  • He still got fired. And yet Zac Taylor remains the Bengals’ head coach after missing the playoffs three straight years.
  • Don’t you think all these firings of top coaches makes the Bengals look even worse for keeping Zac?Reply: Guess it depends on the audience.
  • It looks bad to the national media, which can’t accept that the Bengals aren’t like everyone else in how they operate.
  • Here at home, we’re conditioned to accept Bengals mediocrity and so most people don’t think it looks all that bad. Big picture, the moves in Baltimore and Buffalo highlight that the Bengals’ standards aren’t congruent with the AFC’s elite franchises.
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