1 HR AGO - The Bengals have their first coordinator locked up. The Bengals won’t officially name their next head coach and subsequent coaching staff until after the Super Bowl. However, that doesn’t prevent coaches from announcing coaching news, which is the case in Oakland, where head coach Jon Gruden just announced that Raiders quarterbacks coach Brian Callahan will be Cincinnati’s next offensive coordinator. Our own John Sheeran got the news down in Mobile (AL) for the Senior Bowl: gruden announces brian callahan as the bengals offensive coordinator pic.twitter.com/0A8Hv3BoWB— john sheeran (@John__Sheeran) January 22, 2019 Brian is the son of current Washington offensive line coach Bill Callahan, who is heavily rumored to be joining Taylor’s staff as well under the same position. The younger Callahan has just nine years of NFL coaching experience, with most of that being a quarterbacks coach, like Rams quarterbacks coach Zac Taylor, who is expected to be the Bengals’ next head coach. Collapse

5 HRS AGO - Two former fan favorites highlight list of former Bengals who could be crowned Super Bowl Champions in 2019. The Los Angeles Rams and the New England Patriots will meet in Super Bowl LIII. Jared Goff will look to create a legacy, while Tom Brady will look to build on his, but a few former Bengals including a couple of fan favorites will also hand ave a chance to get a ring. Losing offensive tackle Andrew Whitworth in free agency two seasons ago, was a huge blow for the Bengals. Whitworth was so respected by frustrated Bengals fans, that there weren’t even any hard feelings when he signed with the Rams. Whitworth was not appreciated by league wide when he was in Cincinnati, but playing for the Rams has allowed him to get recognition for what an outstanding player he is. He is also an outstanding human being who is the Rams nominee for the Walter Payton Man of the Year award do to his contributions to charities including Make a Wish, First Quarter for Literacy, and Grape Street Bike Collapse

1 DAY AGO - Zac Taylor will be coaching against his former team for the first time on the international stage. Last December, the Bengals went to southern California to play the Los Angeles Chargers. It was the first time they played in Los Angeles in nearly 30 years. This upcoming season, they were slotted to play in the City of Angels again to face the Los Angeles Rams in LA Memorial Coliseum, just 12 miles north of where the Chargers play. Instead, that game will take place over 5,000 miles away across the Atlantic. The Bengals will travel to London to face the Rams, making this their second London game in the last four years. Unlike in 2016 when the Bengals tied the Washington Redskins, this matchup will count as a road game for Cincinnati. They will maintain their eight true home games for the 2019 season. The road team is 12-8-1 all-time in legendary Wembley Stadium, but two of the four games played in London this year will take place at a new stadium being built for Tottenham Hotspur Collapse

1 DAY AGO - Big Whit gets to play for a Lombardi. Super Bowl 53 is now set, as the Los Angeles Rams will face the New England Patriots down in Atlanta. It came after wild Championship Sunday that saw both title games go down to the wire and end in overtime. The first spot in the Super Bowl was clinched in controversial fashion, as the Rams beat the Saints in the NFC Championship thanks to a horrific no-call late in regulation. It was as bad of a missed call as you see in any sport at any level. Even so, it’s great to see future Bengals head coach Zac Taylor and Bengals great Andrew Whitworth playing for the Lombardi Trophy. Whitworth deserves this as much as any player in the NFL. That does, however, mean Cincinnati must wait two more weeks before officially hiring Taylor. In the AFC, the Patriots and Chiefs had an epic battle that saw one of the wildest fourth-quarter shootouts in recent memory. But it was Tom Brady and New England who got the ball first in overtime, and they went down the Collapse

2 DAYS AGO - Taylor also has Bill Callahan’s son as his preferred offensive coordinator. For the past three weeks, most of the news surrounding the Cincinnati Bengals’ coaching staff has been more about who’s getting fired than who’s getting hired. We know Zac Taylor is the Bengals’ preferred choice to become their next head coach, but there hasn’t been any word regarding who Taylor’s coordinators will be. There is now. Per Jason La Canfora of CBS Sports, Taylor plans to hire a seasoned defensive coordinator to run his defense, and a fellow young and offensive mind is the favorite to become his offensive coordinator: Sources said that Raiders quarterbacks coach Brian Callahan, son of legendary offensive line coach Bill Callahan, would be a top choice to serve as an offensive coordinator, while the defensive staff is likely to be considerably more experienced. Taylor would like be able to mirror the model Rams coach Sean (McVay) put in place, landing an accomplished defensive coordinator who Collapse

2 DAYS AGO - Just because the Bengals aren’t playing doesn’t mean you should miss the final playoff games before the Super Bowl. The Bengals will be with their fans watching these games from home, but this is still some of the last meaningful football we will have for a very very long time. Among the four teams remaining, Cincinnati will have their eyes locked on the Los Angeles Rams the most when they take on the New Orleans Saints in the NFL Championship. Rams’ quarterbacks coach Zac Taylor is the Bengals’ unofficial head coach in waiting, and fans will get to continue rooting for Bengals legend and current Rams’ left tackle Andrew Whitworth to make his first Super Bowl appearance 13 years into his illustrious career. After that game concludes, the AFC Championship featuring the New England Patriots and Kansas City Chiefs could see a changing of the guard in AFC powers. Tom Brady’s struggles have been perhaps overstated, but there is no denying that Patrick Mahomes looks like he could be the Collapse

3 DAYS AGO - See when everything will be happening this offseason. There are only four teams still fighting for the 2018 lives at this point in the season, which means 28 other teams are looking forward to the 2019 season. That means they are thinking about free agents and draft picks, really anything that could improve their team so they are still playing this time next season. The NFL is very particular about when certain things happen during the offseason. One such thing is when team are permitted to talk to upcoming free agents, and when teams with new head coaches are allowed to start training camp. Here are some of the most important dates for the 2019 offseason: February 3: Super Bowl LIII, Mercedes-Benz Stadium (Atlanta, Georgia) February 19: First day for clubs to designate Franchise or Transition Players February 26 - March 4: NFL Scouting Combine (Lucas Oil Stadium - Indianapolis, Indiana) March 5: Deadline for clubs to designate Franchise or Transition Players March 11: Clubs are Collapse

3 DAYS AGO - Forget Deflategate. Shelve Bountygate. File Spygate. Remember No No Huddlegate in the AFC title game 30 years ago? Collapse

4 DAYS AGO - A look back at the Bengals' love affair with finding innovated, offensive-minded head coaches, upcoming 2019 free agents and Geno Atkins earning another award. Collapse