RUNNING IT BACK: Bengals Owner Mike Brown Throws Support Behind Zac Taylor and Duke Tobin

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🗓️ 5 January 2026

⏱️ 31 minutes

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Cincinnati Bengals owner Mike Brown made it official on Monday: Zac Taylor and Duke Tobin aren't going anywhere. Is it the right decision? James Rapien and Jake Liscow read Brown's statement, react to the news and explain why the Bengals' decision to make Tobin available in a press conference setting is noteworthy. They also discuss Brown's decision and why this should be a make-or-break season for Taylor and Tobin.

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0:00.0	For the second time in the Zach Taylor era in Cincinnati, a failed season has prompted a postseason message of support from Bengals owner Mike Brown.
0:09.4	The difference this time, Duke Tobin, include let's break it down.
0:19.0	You are locked on Bengals, your daily Cincinnati Bengals podcast.
0:24.4	Part of the Locked On Podcast Network, your team every day.
0:29.7	What up Bengals fans and welcome to another episode of the Locked on Bengals podcast.
0:32.6	Part of the Locked on Podcast Network, the number one sports podcast network. He's James Rapine. I'm Jake
0:38.6	Let's go, and we are locked on Bengals, and we have been since 2016, which makes us the 10th year
0:44.9	anniversary of the Locked-on Bengals program, which I just realized, as we're still here early
0:50.5	in 2026. And well, James and I have you covered here every day. The everydayers out
0:56.4	there already know that. And everyone who makes Lockdown Bengals there first listen has heard me
1:00.9	say these words many times over the years. Welcome back to another episode of Lockdown Bengals.
1:07.1	Today we're diving into the statement from Mike Brown issuing support for Zach Taylor
1:11.7	and Duke Tobin. The last time we heard from Mike Brown in a postseason statement like this was
1:17.3	after another failed season throwing his support behind Zach Taylor. That was rewarded the following
1:24.2	year. We'll see if that's the case this time around. And that's the state of the Bengals organization right now.
1:30.3	We expected that Zach will be back.
1:32.3	Of course, we've talked about that in recent weeks.
1:34.3	We thought that there was a very minuscule chance, if at all,
1:39.3	essentially that Duke Tobin's job was safe.
1:41.3	We thought Duke Tobin's job is safe.
1:42.3	Any chance of changes there were minuscule, is what I'm trying to say.
1:46.0	And Mike Brown today throwing his support behind the Bengals head coach and director of
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