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Zac Taylor isn’t the only assistant coach the Bengals are trying to bring over from the Rams. Taylor’s colleague Shane Waldron was also requested to interview for the Bengals’ vacancy at head coach Trayveon Williams Jersey Mens , and for good reason in his own right.What does Waldron have to offer to Cincinnati? Let’s take a look at his resume and what he would bring to the Bengals.SummaryWaldron worked for the Patriots and coached under Charlie Weis at Notre Dame before attaching himself to the budding Sean McVay coaching tree. McVay’s turst in him grew quickly as he advanced from quality control to tight ends coach to pass game coordinator in the course of three seasons. But can he duplicate the Rams’ success on his own?Resume2002-2003: New England Patriots (operations intern)2004-2005: New England Patriots (operations assistant)2005-2007: Notre Dame (graduate assistant)2008: Notre Dame (offensive coaching assistant)2009: Notre Dame (TE Coach)2010: Hartford Colonials (WR Coach)2012-2013: U Mass (TE Coach)2014-2015: U Mass (OL Coach)2016: Washington Redskins (Offensive Quality Control)2017: Los Angeles Rams (TE Coach)2018-present: Los Angeles Rams (Pass Game Coordinator/TE Coach)Why he could workWaldron came up in coaching through the Patriots system and Charlie Weis thought enough of him to bring him along when he took the head coaching job at Notre Dame. After coaching for a number of years in college, high school, and a developmental league he returned to the NFL as offensive quality control for Sean McVay’s Redskins offense. Once attaching himself to McVay, he rose quickly becoming the tight ends coach for the Rams and then their passing game coordinator. Waldron is a young coach who has been part of an exciting offense that utilized its talent well. He has experience coaching the offensive line, tight ends, and wide receivers. Waldron was a part of turning the Rams into a success overnight and may be able to do the same with the Bengals.Why he may not be the guyWhile Waldron is the passing game coordinator, he does not call the plays or coach the quarterback. This is particularly important in the Rams system Youth Trayveon Williams Jersey , where McVay talks to the quarterback and makes adjustments until the radio in the quarterback’s helmet cuts out at 15 seconds. This should cause concern for a team that is looking for a head coach who can get their offense going and may be looking to draft a quarterback in the near future.Patriots assistants have been targeted as head coaches for years, but have not generally fared well. This may be because the genius that is Belichick does not delegate important responsibilities or allow his staff to develop beyond their role with the Patriots. McVay has now been touted as the next great genius head coach. It is not yet known how his assistants will fare, but you have to wonder how much his assistant coaches contribute, particularly offense coaches. Waldron was promoted after Matt LaFleur left to take the Titans offensive coordinator job. LaFleur’s offense in Tennessee has failed to live up to expectations, albeit after just one season.The Eagles are another team with a head coach who is running the offense and their assistant had mixed results when they went out on their own. Last year after the Eagles offense had an impressive season their offensive coordinator Frank Reich went off to great success as the head coach of the Colts, while their quarterbacks coach John DeFilippo failed to make it through the season as the play caller for the Vikings.Final ThoughtsWaldron is an exciting young offensive mind who has links to both Bill Belichick and Sean McVay. It is worth talking to him and seeing what his role within the Rams offense and if he has what it takes to duplicate their success on his own. It will also be important to find out who he plans to bring in as assistants particularly at defensive coordinator. Waldron has no experience on that side of the ball and would be well served to take a page from McVay’s book and hire an experienced and successful coordinator. CINCINNATI (AP)Bengals linebacker Vontaze Burfict had his NFL suspension reduced from five to three games Wednesday for his egregious hit on a Chiefs running back during a preseason game. During the second preseason game, Burfict leveled running back Anthony Sherman on a pass play when he wasn’t the intended target. The play wasn’t penalized White Trayveon Williams Jersey , but the league can impose fines or suspensions after reviewing plays. Burfict originally got a five-game suspension but challenged it. Appeals officer James Thrash reduced it to three games on Wednesday. Burfict will miss home games against the Ravens and Texans and a road game with the Packers. He’ll be eligible to return for a game in Cleveland on Oct. 1. It’s the second straight season he’s suspended for the first three games. He was punished last season for his hit to Antonio Brown’s head during a 2015 playoff loss to the Steelers. That punishment was due in part to his history of egregious hits. Burfict’s hit on Brown moved the Steelers in range for a last-minute field goal and an 18-16 victory in the opening round of the playoffs. The meltdown left the Bengals without a playoff victory since 1990, the sixth-longest streak of futility in NFL history. In a letter to Burfict notifying him of the latest three-game penalty, the league noted his pattern of hits on defenseless players, including one on Ravens tight end Maxx Williams that drew a $50,000 fine. ”This is not your first offense with respect to illegal hits to defenseless players,” wrote Jon Runyan, the league’s vice president of football operations. ”To the contrary Carlos Dunlap Jersey Limited , this incident is consistent with your pattern of egregious safety-related violations, including your hit on a defenseless player during the 2015 wild-card game and your hit against a Baltimore tight end away from the play on Jan. 3, 2016. ”When players violate the rules intended to protect player safety on a repeated basis, and particularly when the violations carry with them a significant risk of injury to an opposing player … you must be held accountable for this continuing unacceptable conduct.” The Bengals have staunchly defended Burfict. They supported his appeal of the suspension, contending his hit on Sherman wasn’t a technical violation of the league’s player safety rules. In response, the league cited its rules banning unnecessary contact against defenseless players and those who aren’t involved in the flow of the play. Sherman was coming out of the backfield on a throw down the field to a different player when Burfict lowered his shoulder and leveled him. In defending Burfict on Tuesday, coach Marvin Lewis said the linebacker has changed. Lewis cited several other plays in the same preseason game when Burfict followed the rules. ”On the very next play http://www.thebengalslockerroom.com/authentic-andrew-billings-jersey , the quarterback scrambles, Vontaze runs over and jumps over Alex Smith when he slides,” Lewis said. ”The very next play after that, the back goes to the flat and he’s going down for a first down. Vontaze is in coverage and instead of diving in or `spearing’ in, he touches him down and jumps over him out of bounds.” —