Reason

Tampa is a mediocre team that has ruled poo mountain aka the NFC South. Barely avoided a split with Carolina last year and got swept by the Falcons. They just lost their hot shot OC that they were desperate to keep. They offered to make him the highest paid coordinator in the league for a reason and every Bucs fan I know would have helped Bowles pack if it meant promoting Coen. The Bengals pass rush is bottom of the league without Hendrickson and good with him. He moves the needle there and he would move the needle here. If this team is too chickenshit to try to compete with mighty Tampa then they should be relegated to the UFL

Warren Sharp on Twitter. Our interest makes sense. Hendrickson would change the defense overnight. We could reasonably expect to compete for the division.

This looks like a big deal.

These guys aren't connected. It's just speculation. Sports journalism in Charlotte is terrible.

Can't listen to an offer if nobody's making one. Between his contract value and his actual value he's guaranteed to be here next season.

I hope they give Sam another year too. It’ll be so empty week 1 he’ll be able to hear me calling him a bum from the 500 level.

Did nobody else see the blocker being driven into his elbow as he let it go? Watch the game.

The lineman got pushed into his throwing arm as he let it go.

No reason to watch the Panthers means it’ll feel like a bonus 3 hours every weekend.

It's a little questionable but I'm glad we didn't try to game it to force postponements with the way the rookies and role players stepped up.

It wouldn’t hurt my feelings if he got fired today but who would they promote to finish out the season? Snow probably wouldn’t have interest. It would be odd to promote Rhule’s friend Nixon. Interim head coach Sean Ryan?

I would rather go back to the Clausen year than subject myself to that.