Former Cincinnati Bengals Boomer Esiason and Chad Johnson are both going to be inducted into the Bengals Ring of Honor to cement their legacies on the team permanently.
Esiason talked with Geoff Hobson of Bengals.com about how much he liked having Bruce Coslet as his first offensive coordinator when he came into the league.
Here’s some of what he said:
“Bruce Coslet was always the hammer. People didn’t see that. He was the offensive coordinator when I got there. He was always the one who told me to keep my elbow up, watch the footwork. And Sam would work on my footwork and all that other stuff, but he still had to be the head coach to everybody else. Bruce was the tough guy for me, and it’s one of the reasons why when I did ask the Bengals to trade me after the ’92 season, I wanted to reunite with Bruce in New York because I knew his offense and he knew me as a player.”
Coslet was the head coach of the Bengals when Esiason returned to Cincinnati for his final year in 1997. He certainly seemed to have a huge impact on Esiason’s career if he was following him around for much of it.
Esiason also said that Kenny Anderson and Turk Schonert helped him adjust to the NFL when he first came into Cincinnati.
