The Cincinnati Bengals ‘ defense once orchestrated a second-half symphony so devastating against Patrick Mahomes in the 2021 AFC Championship that it felt like stealing the maestro’s baton mid-crescendo. Lou Anarumo, the architect of that gridiron ambush, now watches from Indianapolis , his phone buzzing with the urgency of a blitzing linebacker as his former unit sputters.

After a preseason opener where Eagles backup QB Tanner McKee sliced through Cincy’s reserves like warm Skyline Chili (20/25, 2 TDs), Anarumo’s messages to Bengals HC Zac Taylor carry a familiar refrain: Get Hendrickson back . Anarumo, Indy’s new DC but forever Cincinnati’s ‘Mad Scientist,’ knows Hendrickson’s value like a playbook tattooed on his psyche.

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