The Bengals officially introduced defensive coordinator Al Golden on Monday—four days after he signed his contract with Cincinnati. Golden is one o

The Cincinnati Bengals defensive coordinator job has been open for more than two weeks now, but there hasn't been much movement on a possible hiring and now we know why: The team was waiting for Notre Dame to finish its season.

The Cincinnati Bengals made it official with two defensive coaching hires on Monday. One of those, new defensive line coach Jerry Montgomery, was already known to be on his way to town alongside new coordinator Al Golden

Cincinnati is finalizing a deal to hire Notre Dame defensive coordinator Al Golden to run its defense. Golden helped lead the Fighting Irish to Monday night’s College Football Playoff national championship game where they lost to Ohio State. He is expected to officially sign with the team on Thursday.

Al Golden was introduced as the new Cincinnati Bengals defensive coordinator Monday. Golden is no stranger to Cincinnati nor head coach Zac Taylor. Before arriving at Notre Dame in 2022, Golden worked as the Bengals linebackers coach from 2020 through 2021.

The Cincinnati Bengals were able to lure defensive coordinator Al Golden away from Notre Dame. And they might've been the only team capable of doing it. Golden impressed onlookers during his introduct

The Cincinnati Bengals need quite a bit of help. However, for the first time in quite a while, they aren’t highly expected to go offensive line with their first-round pick. That will be addressed later in the draft,