Another Bengals season looks doomed without quarterback Joe Burrow, and that’s been the norm under head coach Zac Taylor.

Taylor became the Bengals’ head coach in 2019, and led them to a 2-14 record — which had one silver lining, the first overall pick in the 2020 NFL draft, in which they took Burrow after his Heisman Trophy and national championship-winning season at LSU.

Burrow suffered a torn ACL in his rookie year, perhaps foreshadowing how much injuries would define his Cincinnati tenure. Since returning in 2021 and winning the NFLs Comeback Player of the Year award, Burrow has been one of the best quarterbacks in the NFL when healthy, and the Bengals have been unable to compete when he’s not healthy.

Overall, Taylor is 45-32-1 as the Bengals’ head coach, counting the playoffs, wit

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