In 2019, new Cincinnati Bengals head coach Zac Taylor had his first chance to put his handprints on his new team. Coming off of a Super Bowl appearance the previous season with the Los Angeles Rams, Taylor got a late jump on hiring his staff, free agency and just about everything else a head coach needs to get in place. With his relative youth and inexperience at the head coaching level, it certainly wasn’t always the ideal first off-season.
That is until the 2019 NFL Draft came around. With his assistant coaches in place and the major free agency wave complete, the draft served as a starting point for Taylor to reshape the roster.