Zac Taylor & Duke Tobin Are Set to Return: Are Bengals Making a Mistake?

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🗓️ 30 December 2025

⏱️ 34 minutes

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The Cincinnati Bengals are expected to bring back head coach Zac Taylor and Director of Player Personnel Duke Tobin next season. Should they? Jake Liscow and James Rapien answer that question with in-depth analysis of Taylor's tenure and the overall performance of the team. They also talk about the front office, their process in free agency, the NFL Draft, how ownership is involved and so much more! The guys close the show by reacting to Al Golden's recent comments about veteran safety Geno Stone, that weren't necessarily the endorsement they seemed to be.

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0:00.0	At this point, we have a pretty good idea of what the future holds for Zach Taylor and Duke Tobin with the Cincinnati Bengals.
0:07.2	But we do need to have the conversation about what the Bengals should be doing and thinking about with those two key decision makers.
0:14.3	Let's break it down.
0:25.3	You are locked on Bengals, your daily Cincinnati Bengals podcast.
0:30.5	Part of the Locked-on Podcast Network, your team every day.
0:34.8	What up Bengals fans and welcome to another episode of the Lockdown Bengals podcast.
0:40.5	Part of the Lockdown Podcast Network, now the number one sports podcast network in the land.
0:41.4	He's James Rapine.
0:42.4	I am Jake.
0:42.7	Let's go.
0:46.6	We've been covering you here on Lockdown Bengals since 2016.
0:50.5	Your best one-stop shop for daily Bengals coverage.
0:54.9	We'll have you covered all season long into the off season through the draft,
1:01.0	all the excitement coming up for the Bengals as they try to reshape their roster and bring hope back to Cincinnati for these Bengals for 2026.
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1:15.5	Today, we dive into the future for Duke Tobin and Zach Taylor.
1:18.9	We know those guys are sticking around for the Cincinnati Bengals at this point.
1:22.5	It would have taken a disaster after reporting two weeks ago for the Bengals to truly consider making any changes for
1:30.3	either of these jobs. And by either of these jobs, I'm really probably just talking about
1:34.5	Zach Taylor. But early in this season, the way this season was going, a number of times,
1:40.4	people wanted us to spend weeks in the middle of this season, James, just talking about Zach Taylor's future.
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