Closing out a difficult season in which they missed the playoffs with a 9-8 record despite winning five straight games down the stretch, change is coming for the Cincinnati Bengals.
Just not the change on the coaching staff many were expecting.
The Bengals reportedly fired longtime defensive coordinator Lou Anarumo Monday morning, according to a report from ESPN’s Adam Schefter.
Anarumo had been the defensive coordinator since the 2019 season and oversaw a defense that helped the Bengals reach the Super Bowl in the 2020 season. The longtime defensive coordinator wasn’t the only member of the Bengals’ coaching staff to lose his job Monday, though.