{"id":10543,"date":"2025-01-14T23:11:33","date_gmt":"2025-01-14T23:11:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/breakingnews.azontree.com\/?p=10543"},"modified":"2025-01-14T23:11:33","modified_gmt":"2025-01-14T23:11:33","slug":"latest-bengals-defensive-coordinator-search-report-gets-emphatically-shut-down-by-insider","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/breakingnews.azontree.com\/?p=10543","title":{"rendered":"Latest Bengals defensive coordinator search report gets emphatically shut down by insider"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/atozsports.com\/.image\/ar_16:9%2Cc_fill%2Ccs_srgb%2Cfl_progressive%2Cg_xy_center%2Cq_auto:good%2Cw_620%2Cx_2401%2Cy_723\/MjEyMTIwMzIzMTY2ODQwMzU1\/usatsi_24951665-2.jpg\" alt=\"Dec 9, 2024; Arlington, Texas, USA; Cincinnati Bengals head coach Zac Taylor looks on before the game against the Dallas Cowboys at AT&amp;T Stadium.\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Just when there was noise coming from the\u00a0Cincinnati Bengals&#8217;\u00a0defensive coordinator search, it was shut down almost instantly.<\/p>\n<p>NFL Media&#8217;s Tom Pelissero reported Monday afternoon that the Bengals &#8220;could have interest&#8221; in current Michigan DC Don &#8220;Wink&#8221; Martindale, whom will be interviewing with the\u00a0Atlanta Falcons\u00a0and\u00a0Indianapolis Colts\u00a0this week.<\/p>\n<p>Paul Dehner Jr., a long-time Bengals beat writer who covers the team for The Athletic, effectively shut down Pelissero&#8217;s report a few hours later, citing the team&#8217;s &#8220;unfriendly history&#8221; with Martindale as to why he is not under consideration for the job.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Considering the unfriendly history between the <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Bengals?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Bengals<\/a> and Wink Martindale, it&#39;s kind of funny they somehow got caught up in the conversation about him for DC. <\/p>\n<p>For clarity: Martindale is not part of the <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Bengals?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Bengals<\/a> DC search nor was he ever under consideration.<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Paul Dehner Jr. (@pauldehnerjr) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/pauldehnerjr\/status\/1879287479951651091?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 14, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Martindale spent 2024 as the DC for Michigan and held the same title with the\u00a0New York Giants\u00a0from 2022-23, but Bengals fans remember him very well when he was the defensive play-caller for the\u00a0Baltimore Ravens\u00a0from 2018-21. Martindale made a dismissive remark towards Joe Burrow before their Week 16 meeting in 2021.<\/p>\n<p>The Bengals destroyed the Ravens, 41-21, in that game as Burrow ended up throwing for what&#8217;s still a career-high 525 passing yards and four touchdowns to boot against Martindale&#8217;s defense that was down several starters. Burrow told reporters after the game he heard what Martindale said about him and that it motivated him to perform the way he did.<\/p>\n<p>Martindale was fired after that season and many point to that game being one of the reasons as to why. The Ravens replaced him with\u00a0Mike Macdonald, who excelled so much in the following two years that he became the\u00a0Seattle Seahawks\u00a0head coach in 2024.<\/p>\n<p>Martindale, a native of Dayton, Ohio, wasn&#8217;t confirmed to be interviewing with the Bengals, but Dehner Jr. ended any and all speculation that he might in the coming weeks. 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