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Bengals Week 1 rookie report: Price rebounds Jordan Willis Jersey , Hubbard plays both sides What a difference a week makes. Two Thursdays ago, the Bengals hosted the Colts for their preseason finale, and every healthy rookie on the roster got playing time. On Sunday, nearly half the Bengals inactives list was composed of the rookies who made the team. This may be an inclination of what’s to come this season if the Bengals remain healthy (fingers crossed), but most of the rookies who did make their debut were heavily relied on in a comeback victory on the road. Here’s our rookie report for the Bengals Week 1 victory against the Colts.Did not playMalik JeffersonMark WaltonAuden TateBilly PriceThe regular season debut for Price could’ve started a little better than it did. On the first passing play of the Bengals offense, Price was walked back and then ran over three yards deep into the pocket by nose tackle Al Woods. The pressure he allowed forced an errant throw from quarterback Andy Dalton, which became an interception that was nearly returned for a touchdown.Welcome to the NFL.Price mostly avoided miscues throughout the rest of the game, as the run blocking from the Bengals offensive line was solid, but noticeably struggled when attacking the right edge. Price’s struggles with reach blocks and excellence in space came up like they did all preseason.If we’re treating this like a stock report, Price’s performance hasn’t really moved the needle for him. He stays playing at the tune of his strengths and weaknesses, and everything will be tested in a few days against a much better defensive interior that the Ravens deploy.Jessie BatesPlaying 82 snaps to begin your career is a tall task Carl Lawson Jersey , but Bates handled it well, especially with his running mate Shawn Williams ejected from the game in the first quarter. Bates finished with eight tackles, with only one of them coming as a defensive “stop”:The Bengals defense was on the field for a long time in the first half, as the offense had some stalls that led to the defense getting tired out. Most of the damage quarterback Andrew Luck did was on short passes over the middle, and Bates’ coverage wasn’t as tested as his ability to make open-field tackles coming downhill. He looked pretty good back there,all things considered.Sam HubbardDespite the defense’s long day, Hubbard was called upon for only 8.5% of the defense’s snaps, a stark difference to Carl Lawson (51%) and Jordan Willis (39.5%). But he was the only player to play on both the offense and defense:Hubbard is no Domata Peko, but he did play tight end at Cincinnati’s Moeller High School when he was about 90 pounds lighter than he is now. The Bengals had all four of their tight ends active for this game, and they figure to use some of them at h-back now that Ryan Hewitt is gone and Cethan Carter is on injured reserve. But this time, it was Hubbard who was called upon to be a battering ram. Seven snaps should be the lowest amount of snaps Hubbard gets all year Tyler Boyd Jersey , as he’ll surely be featured in the defensive line rotation more as the season progresses.Darius PhillipsPhillips made the team not just as depth at cornerback, but for special teams. He outperformed newly-extended Alex Erickson as both a punt and kickoff returner, but it was Erickson who received every chance there. Phillips saw six special teams snaps and got an assisted tackle for the final kickoff of the game following safety Clayton Fejedelem’s game-winning fumble recovery that was returned for a touchdown.Erickson had nothing to work with returning punts, as he fair caught most of them, and he only got the chance to return one kickoff. Phillips’ day would’ve probably went the same way if he was back there. The first real test is done and over with, now the rookies have only a few days rest before the team takes on the Ravens at home on Thursday night. Price’s aforementioned game will be extremely telling of his ability, and Bates and the defense should expect a similar offensive attack with quarterback Joe Flacco and his new group of receivers coming off a 47-point performance against the Bills. As Zac Taylor and the Los Angeles Rams are now preparing for the Super Bowl, Bengals fans are will have to continue waiting for his hiring to be made official. For one, it would be nice to have Taylor in Cincinnati focusing on the next season already. But it would also be nice for the Bengals to start replenishing their depleted coaching staff.While it is nice that Taylor is getting vital playoff experience, some Bengals fans are worried that he might be missing the opportunity to hire his staff.The concern is understandable. Prime coordinators who have been linked to the Bengals like Todd Monken, Darrell Bevell Nick Vigil Jersey , and Gary Kubiak are going to other teams. Meanwhile, in Cincinnati, the Bengals have let go of their offensive and defensive coordinators, running backs coach, offensive line coach, and linebackers coach.From one perspective, it may seem that Taylor is going to be stuck with the NFL’s leftovers by the time he finally gets to hire his own staff.However, this fear is not as well founded as it seems.In reality, while it seems like the Bengals are just sitting on their hands waiting for Taylor, they actually have a list of assistants already lined up. Taylor went into his interview with a list of names, but won’t be able to hire anyone until he is officially the head coach.The Bengals are not losing out on the assistants that they want. If an assistant was promised the job in Cincinnati and if they are a good fit Jake Fisher Jersey , then they wouldn’t want to go elsewhere. They wouldn’t take a job knowing that they walked away from a better job somewhere else.The assistants being hired by other organizations are probably not even being considered by Taylor and the Bengals. But even if that was the case, that would still not be a reason to worry.Having a head coach is significantly more important than having good coordinators, because the head coach will be around much longer than any of his assistants.For instance, when Marvin Lewis was first hired in 2003, his offensive coordinator was Bob Bratkowski, and his defensive coordinator was Leslie Frazier. While Bratkowski lasted until the 2010 season, Frazier was gone after two years.In Marvin Lewis’ best season, the 12-4 campaign in 2015, he was on his third offensive coordinator and his fourth defensive coordinator. In Lewis’ 16 years as the Bengals head coach, Lewis had five offensive coordinators and six defensive coordinators. That means that Lewis got three to four years out of each coordinator before they were either fired or hired by another team.The point is, the Bengals (unofficially) hired Zac Taylor Tyler Kroft Jersey , not Zac Taylor’s staff. Yes, it is important that he finds good coordinators for his first season as a head coach. But it’s more important to have a dependable head coach.The Bengals don’t just want to find Marvin Lewis 2.0 this offseason. They want to hit a home run that gets them into a Super Bowl someday. That means they have to find the next big name in coaching. They believe they have found that in Taylor, so it is more important to get him the coordinators he wants, because he will be with the team a long time if everything goes according to plan.Taylor could be the head coach for the next 16 years for all we know. The offensive and defensive coordinators will not be around for nearly that long. If he is anything like Lewis, he won’t be able to keep any of his coordinators around for more than five or six years at the most.One mark of his success would be if his coordinators keep getting hired out from under him. That would actually be a good thing, because it would mean that he is developing them and getting the best out of them.It makes no sense to worry about a position that will be vacated in the next few years anyways. The main thing is that the Bengals have their head coach who will, in theory, be there until he retires. It’s better to get Taylor and let him experience success in the playoffs at the risk of missing out on a few of 2019’s top assistants.If Taylor is the great head coach that the Bengals think he is, he will find his guys and develop them. The Bengals have to trust that Taylor will assemble the best possible staff.