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The NFL 5-Year Rule: Is it time to move on from Zac Taylor?

The Cincinnati Bengals picked up their seventh loss of the season Sunday night, failing to complete the comeback against the Los Angeles Chargers. Another heartbreaking close loss. More “almost.”

Is it time to make a change? If you listen to “The 5-Year Rule,” it is.

FiveThirtyEight shows that no NFL head coach/quarterback combination in the history of the NFL has won a Super Bowl together after five seasons together. That is exactly where the Joe Burrow/Zac Taylor duo is. If one side has to leave Cincinnati, it surely won’t be Joe Burrow.