Cincinnati CBs Coach Kerry Coombs on New Defensive System: 'It's Simple, We Aren't Making A Ton Of Mistakes'

The kinks are getting worked out.

Cincinnati Bengals head coach Zac Taylor, left, talks with Cincinnati Bearcats special teams coordinator and secondary coach Kerry Coombs, center, and head coach Scott Satterfield, right, in the first half of a second-round Division I OHSAA high school football game between the Moeller Crusaders and the St. Xavier Bombers, Friday, Nov. 3, 2023, at St. Xavier High School s RDI Field in Cincinnati. / Kareem Elgazzar/The Enquirer / USA TODAY NETWORK

CINCINNATI — Cincinnati special teams/cornerbacks coach Kerry Coombs chatted with Dan Hoard on the latest Let's Reign Podcast and dove into his thoughts on defensive coordinator Tyson Veidt's 3-3-5 system.

Cincinnati is looking for this year's bolstered secondary to take a big step forward with its 2024 production.

"Play coverage in a variety of ways," Coombs said on the show. "From the same picture, the three safeties in the middle of the field allow you to do a lot of things coverage-wise. I was in the quarterback meeting today asking them, 'What are we showing you? What are you seeing?' And they're telling me because we're giving some things away, which we can't do. I love the fact that we're able to really run to the ball with reckless abandon and have somebody else fit over the top of us. And when I say we, I don't just mean the corners. I mean all 11 players."

Cincinnati has a lead cornerback in Jordan Young who went through Year One trials as a new starting corner at the power conference level.

He should take a big leap this season in a system that allows guys to highlight their strengths. The whole secondary will keep coming together these next few weeks.

"You can play fearless because you don't necessarily own a gap," Coombs said. "You do own a gap, but let's just say you go here, somebody's behind you to make you right and to make you whole, and I think that allows you to play fast. I like the way Tyson is approaching things. Tyson is an excitable guy, yelling and screaming, and I'm teasing him and making fun of him about that all the time, but he's getting after guys every play. And I love that about him. I think our energy is really good. And it's simple, we're not making a ton of mistakes."

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