Upon arrival with the Cincinnati Bengals, new offensive line coach Scott Peters doesn’t have a jaw-dropping resume as a former player, nor a multi-page resume like some of the other coaching hires around the league.
But he does have one of the most unique backgrounds possible for the job.
After his playing days, Peters went to the world of MMA and founded the Tip of the Spear Academy.
The rest is notable, to say the least, via Geoff Hobson of Bengals.com:
Peters, 46, a former NFL guard and center and one-time trainer of UFC champions Brock Lesnar and Cain Velasquez, never played in the AFC North during stints with five teams. But he arrives with plenty of Bengals ties.
Former Bengals offensive line coach Jim McNally, is one of many to praise the move:
SCOTT PETERS PLAYED IN THE NFL-HE LEARNED TECH AND SCHEME THEN *** “GET THIS” -A WORLD CHAMPION IN JUJITSU, THEN INVENTED HIS OWN COMPANY RE HAND USAGE AND STRIKES ON PASS+ RUN AND STUDIED AND LEARNED OTHER TECHS ON RUN +PASS AS WELL AS SCHEMES AS AN NFL COACH FOR CLEVE AND NE.
— Jim “Mouse” McNally (@CoachMcNallyOL) January 20, 2025
Footage of this in action isn’t hard to find either, it seems:
Circular force, a.k.a. “torque” is a concept I’ve taken from boxing/MMA & applied to football techniques with great success, but it’s only the beginning. Actualizing Superhuman punching power is possible when multiple factors converge at once. pic.twitter.com/CMhvxOtD9r
— Scott Peters (@ScottPeters53) July 5, 2019
Bengals fans are a long way from finding out if this unique approach works. But there’s something interesting in thinking about, say, a 6’8″, 340-pound Amarmius Mims suddenly getting much better at striking on the field, right?
