The Cincinnati Bengals are a team perhaps ready to take a potential franchise passer at No. 1 overall in a draft.
It’s a bad development, then, to hear the team might be losing esteemed quarterbacks coach Alex Van Pelt.
According to NFL Network’s Ian Rapoport, the Cleveland Browns are swooping in and grabbing Van Pelt and promoting him to offensive coordinator.
That’s a big loss for the Bengals, as Van Pelt helped Andy Dalton make big strides in his game when things broke down. Dalton improved in the improv sense briefly in 2018 after Van Pelt’s arrival. Prior to that, Van Pelt had earned leaguewide praise in Green Bay while working with Aaron Rodgers.
The Bengals don’t have a shortage of former quarterbacks or coaches with experience at the position still. But it speaks volumes that a division rival has swooped in and grabbed Van Pelt.
