See: Willie Anderson, a Bengals legend, is not inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 2024 and Before the 2024 Super Bowl, the Cincinnati Bengals make an astounding announcement about their coaching staff.
CINCINNATI — Once more, Willie Anderson fell barely short. Due to his lack of acceptance in the final voting, the Bengals icon will not be inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame this year. He has been a finalist for three years running.
Anderson has a strong argument for being inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame, the highest honor in football. For 13 NFL seasons, he terrorized edge rushers, earning the first consecutive First-Team All-Pro streak by a right tackle since the 1970s (2004–06).
Twelve of his seasons as a player, from 1996 to 2008, were spent in Cincinnati.
This year’s candidates for election include Devin Hester, Steve McMichael, Patrick Willis, Randy Grandishar, Dwight Freeney, and Julius Peppers.
Although the Cincinnati Bengals are regarded as one of the most refined teams in the NFL, they have a custom of acting differently when facing their biggest interdivisional foe. The Cincinnati Bengals revealed earlier in the season that they had granted superstar quarterback Joe Burrow a massive contract extension right before the Kansas City Chiefs’ season opener against the Detroit Lions kicked off.
Although it wasn’t officially stated, it was evidently a jab at Kansas City, since the Cincinnati team endeavors to outdo their opponent from the Midwest in every manner possible.Cincinnati looks to be carrying on with that pattern as they make significant coaching announcements three days before their greatest rivals’ big game. The organization announced on Thursday morning that they had added three new coaches to its staff. While this may not seem like a big deal, it is a big deal thus early in the summer.
Cincinnati’s appointment ofJustin Rascati to the newly created role of passing game coordinator is by far their most significant move. Rascati, who was the Minnesota Vikings’ assistant offensive line coach the previous season, is a young, quickly rising coach, much like the rest of the Cincinnati coaching staff. He spent the two years leading up to that as an offensive assistant with the Denver Broncos (2019– 2021). After playing quarterback for the University of Louisville and James Madison University from 2003 to 2006, he also spent seven years in college.
In an effort to do their research, the organization also took the anticipated step of elevating assistant quarterbacks coach Brad Kragthorpe to the post of quarterbacks coach following a few brief interviews. Under head coach Zac Taylor, Kragthorpe began as an offensive assistant in 2019 and has since advanced through the ranks. The fact that the team hired Kragthorpe indicates that they plan to keep familiar faces close to their devoted star quarterback and will do everything in their power to keep him in good standing with the management.
