According to Albert Breer, the Bengals are waiting for the dust to settle on Notre Dame’s season and plan on bringing in Notre Dame DC Al Golden for an interview for their defensive coordinator job sometime over the next 48 hours.

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The Cincinnati Bengals are finalizing a deal with Notre Dame’s Al Golden to fill their vacant defensive coordinator job, NFL Network Insiders Ian Rapoport, Tom Pelissero and Mike Garafolo reported Wednesday.

According to our partners at WLWT and multiple reports, the Cincinnati Bengals are reportedly targeting one of their former coaches to fill their vacant defensive coordinator position as Notre Dame defensive coordinator AL Golden is expected to be hired by the team.

The Notre Dame Fighting Irish lost Monday, but Al Golden is favored to be the Bengals' defensive coordinator this week.

Notre Dame Fighting Irish defensive coordinator Al Golden is on the heels of an NFL job after the Fighting Irish lost to the Ohio State Buckeyes in the College Football Playoff national championship game Monday.

Moments after the national championship ended, reports came out linking Al Golden to the Cincinnati Bengals DC job.

Well, shortly after the Irish lost to Ohio State, NFL insider Ian Rapoport reported that Golden is a “top candidate” for the Cincinnati Bengals defensive coordinator position, as they waited out for Notre Dame season to end.

According to Tom Pelissero, the Bengals are finalizing a deal to hire Notre Dame DC Al Golden as their next defensive coordinator on Wednesday.  Pelissero

Notre Dame defensive coordinator Al Golden will interview for the same job with the Cincinnati Bengals, according to a report from On3’s Pete Nakos. Nakos said the interview will take place within the next 48 hours — in a report that came out Tuesday afternoon — and that the “current expectation” is Golden will leave the Irish for the NFL.

The Bengals watched the National Championship game closely for this reason: Notre Dame DC Al Golden, who they're targeting.