The Cincinnati Bengals were finally able to make it official as they hired Notre Dame defensive coordinator Al Golden as their new defensive coordinator.
Bengals fans should already have fairly high regard for Golden as he spent several seasons as Cincinnati’s linebackers coach, helping develop Germaine Pratt and Logan Wilson into a formidable duo during the team’s Super Bowl run.
Notre Dame analyst Mike Golic Jr. compared Golden to a defensive coordinator a little farther ahead of schedule than Golden — Aaron Glenn — the former Detroit Lions defensive coordinator newly turned New York Jets head coach.