Who Is CU’s DC Robert Livingston- How Did He Impact Patrick Mahomes’ Career?

On January 30, 2021, the audience at the stadium, as well as the ones sitting in front of their screens, were holding their breaths to witness what the up-and-coming star of Chiefs’ Patrick Mahomes could do against the Bengals. After all, they were the previous season’s (2019) AFC Champions. This time, however, the standout safeties of the Bengals, Jessie Bates, and Vonn Bell were standing between the Chiefs and their win. Bell Intercepted Mahomes in overtime of the AFC Championship to set up the game-winning FG drive. While it was Bell who the world applauded, it was his coach, Robert Livingston, who was smiling in the corner.

For the past 8 seasons, Robert Livingston has been a companion of the Bengals. More specifically, in the past 6 seasons, he has extensively trained the safeties, who were credited as the only thing standing between Chiefs and their AFC 2021 Championship, when the franchise won the divisional Championship in each of its preceding, succeeding, and each season after. The season of 2021 was for Bengals making their way towards the Super Bowl with their 27-14 win against the Chiefs. For Patrick Mahomes, he took the whole of the blame onto himself, commenting “I’ve got to be better. This one hurts, but we will be back! See y’all next year!” Well, Mahomes sure did, and he has never seen back, thanks to Robert Livingston for giving him a night of learning trajectory.

However, Livingston’s legacy at Cincinnati doesn’t end there. Weeks later, when Bengals made their Super Bowl appearance against the Los Angeles Rams, in which they fell short of a mere three points. However, the safeties continued to show their blockbuster performance as Bates intercepted Stafford in the Super Bowl to stop the first-half score. 2021 was a season that etched itself on Livingston’s legacy, which he is expected to create even more at his new expected new workplace: the Colorado Buffaloes Boulder campus.

Robert Livingston at Colorado

Per NFL Insider Ian Rapoport, Livingston is most likely to land a job as the defensive coordinator with Deion Sanders. If he does so, then it would be a major shift in his career, as the only time he has been a part of the college football team was in 2010-11 at Furman and then at Vanderbilt.

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That, along with the major increment in his responsibilities as well, from handling only the safeties to handling the whole of the defense of a public-favorite team like the Buffs. Moreover, his job is to salvage the Buffs’ defense reputation from its tethered form from the previous 4-8 season.

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