Secret Extension REVEALED: Why Zac Taylor Could Stick With Cincinnati Bengals After Failed Season

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🗓️ 16 December 2025

⏱️ 33 minutes

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The Cincinnati Bengals extended Zac Taylor's contract through 2027 after the 2022 AFC Championship game—and we found out about it 3 years later. They see Duke Tobin as family. And suddenly, any changes about major changes to the coaching staff or front office look even less likely. James Rapien and Jake Liscow break down the implications of Taylor’s apparent job security, Bengals ownership’s loyalty, and what it means for the future after 3 straight years below expectations. The Bengals have a long history of holding onto key personnel longer than they should, and once again we have to ask how this leadership group gives the Joe Burrow Bengals their best shot at Super Bowl success.

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0:00.0	Zach Taylor and Duke Tobin have more job security than we even thought.
0:06.7	We'll break down why now.
0:14.3	You are Locked-on Bengals, your daily Cincinnati Bengals podcast.
0:19.8	Part of the Locked-on Podcast Network, your team every day.
0:25.1	What up Bengals fans and welcome to another episode of the Lockdown Bengals podcast.
0:28.8	Part of the Locked-on Podcast Network, now the number one sports podcast network in the land.
0:34.6	He's James Rapine.
0:35.4	I'm Jake Liskow and we have you covered here on Lockdown Bengals every day. He's James Rapine. I'm Jake. Let's go in. We have you covered here on
0:37.8	lockdown Bengals every day, and we have since 2016. That goes through. You can count them
0:44.3	on two fingers, one, two head coaches in the Cincinnati Bengals long history. And that
0:51.0	appears to be how it will remain, at least for 2026.
0:55.4	A huge report from Paul Dayner Jr. on Tuesday outlining an extension that no one knew
1:01.3	Zach Taylor received.
1:03.3	And that is the crux of this episode.
1:07.1	We talk about the future for Zach Taylor, this coaching staff, Duke Tobin, the front office
1:11.8	structure for a team that has always been load to change and appears to be ready to continue
1:18.1	that unsavory history of being slow and incremental in every change they make.
1:26.4	Today's episode of Blackdown Bengals is sponsored by a Fandul. If you want to be right in the middle of the action this season, visit Fandul.com and place your NFL live bets all season long. And as we welcome back the everydayers, the diehard. Those of you who make Locktown Bengals your first listen, I woke up to this news, James. I'm out on the West Coast on Tuesday morning.
1:45.0	I wake up and I see a bunch of people talking about Zach Taylor two years.
1:49.2	And I'm sitting there like, did he get an extension?
1:51.6	No, not this year.
1:53.6	Three years ago after the AFC championship game, Zach was extended again, got an extra year tacked on.
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