does Marvin Lewis survive this season?

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Serious question cuz I'm a long-time casual and don't really pay attention to the Bengals. Have they had a star running back since Corey Dillon? I remember watching that dude take the hell off

Rudi Johnson replaced him and he once had a 1454 yd season iirc

Also Cedric Benson was solid for them. But neither were stars like Dillon.
 

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Rudi Johnson replaced him and he once had a 1454 yd season iirc

Also Cedric Benson was solid for them. But neither were stars like Dillon.
I remember Benson cuz he played for my Bears. I was not impressed :upsetfavre:

I could try to shyt on your team and tell you what you guys are missing, but again... I'm a bears fan, so I'll just have a fukking seat
 

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I totally agree with all of that, but I do think you're sending a bad message that merely being a competent franchise is good enough if you keep Lewis around as the HC.

At some point, enough has to be enough... they've gotta make a playoff run one of these years.
If they fire him it'll be because they want a culture change. New blood. That sort of thing.

Whoever said keeping Lewis around in a management role might have a good idea. 14 years is a long time and Marvin is part of that Bengals family now.
 

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If they fire him it'll be because they want a culture change. New blood. That sort of thing.

Whoever said keeping Lewis around in a management role might have a good idea. 14 years is a long time and Marvin is part of that Bengals family now.

He's good for the organization and in the community we need new blood on the field but he's a good guy to have in that Team President role but our owner is notoriously cheap.
 

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We have not we've had multiple 1000 yard backs but never a work horse. Which is why I wouldn't mind a pick of Fournette in the draft even though we have Hill and Bernard.


Serious question cuz I'm a long-time casual and don't really pay attention to the Bengals. Have they had a star running back since Corey Dillon? I remember watching that dude take the hell off
 

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im a steelers fan so i hate the bengals either way :pachaha: but Marvin biggest mistake was hitchin his wagon to Andy Dalton......you never gonna be a real contender with him as your QB

I dunno if I agree with all of that. When you look around the NFL you see some really, really bad QB play week in and out. You can win with Dalton.

The biggest losses were both WC games: last year vs the Steelers(you've gotta win that game) and 2013 vs the Chargers. Both games at home, you've gotta win those games and move on. Now the window of opportunity is sorta closed a bit on them. They've gotta reload a bit in terms of talent
 

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Rumors circulating that he may retire at the end of the season after we let Zimmer, Gruden, and Hue go to become coaches elsewhere. If he retires we legitimately need to clean house of all the coaching staff to include Guenther.
 

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He's been there 14 years and hasn't won a playoff game. It's time to give another guy a shot. I do think they should move him to solely the GM/President of Football Operations role, he made great strides in that area for the Bengals. IIRC he does most of the day to day personnel stuff for them because the owner is technically still the 'GM'.
fukk that. We've had shytty drafts the past 4 years. I'm not tired of him and his stupid ass mindset. Remove him from my squad.
 
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