Transitions, like mud, run downhill.
So when the Bengals replaced all their receivers but one, opted for younger players in the back seven on defense, and then promptly lost Pro Bowl special teamer Cedric Peerman just before the regular season with a broken arm, special teams coach Darrin Simmons took one of the hits. His unit, with three top ten rankings in the Green-Dalton Era by profootballfocus.com, is currently mired at No. 23.
But they’re rising and their effort to join the units that have been so crucial in a run of five straight post-season berths coincides with Sunday’s appointment against a key figure in that stretch.