The Bengals slept on it. Then they spoke with Jack Del Rio early Tuesday morning and decided he wasn’t their guy. The long time NFL head coach was considered the favorite to land the Bengals’ DC job as of Monday night and was set to formally interview for the job later this week, but that interview will no longer take place as he has no longer considered a fit for new head coach Zac Taylor’s staff according to NFL Network’s Ian Rapoport.
After potential DC Jack Del Rio and new #Bengals coach Zac Taylor pondered the future, both sides decided it wasn’t a perfect fit, sources say.