The Bengals are doing something they haven’t done in 16 seasons, which is changing head coaches. Zac Taylor is taking over for Marvin Lewis and we should be expecting some drastic game plan changes with not as much changes to the philosophy of building the team through the draft.
Those two ideas could lead to some struggles early on. That idea has led to ESPN analyst Field Yates to predict the Bengals to be selecting first in the 2020 draft:
Cincinnati could find itself in a quarterback transition phase, and the defense has glaring holes.