The Cincinnati Bengals have been eliminated from the playoffs for the third consecutive year. That is inexcusable for a team that has Joe Burrow, Ja’Marr Chase and Tee Higgins on the same roster, and any other franchise under the same condition, would clean house from top to bottom and rebuild.
The Cincinnati Bengals aren’t any other franchise, though.
The Bengals, who are 4-10 heading into Week 16, are coming off two back-to-back seasons that might go down as the most disappointing in franchise history, based on expectations versus outcome. Despite that, according to The Athletic’s Paul Dehner Jr., they won’t move on from anyone, especially de facto GM Duke Tobin.
“Internally, however, it’s just not happened,” he wrote on Tobin’s possible firing. “Tobin is viewed as family in nearly the same regard as the actual Browns and Blackburns. There is zero thought that his job is in jeopardy. He will have to lead the Bengals out of this drought, and ownership trusts him to do so.”
Tobin, the son of long-time NFL executive Bill Tobin, has been with the Bengals since 1999. His title is Director of Player Personnel, but the reality is he’s the only person who seems to speak for ownership that isn’t a blood family member. So think of him as a made man.
What do you think? Is Tobin safe? Should he be?
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