Zac Taylor vs Marvin Lewis

[Shake n Blake]

(12-23-2021, 02:58 AM)J24 Wrote: He has been the defacto GM for a while now according to people in the know. The dudes had a couple of chances to leave the Bengals and he never did. (Detroit was very interested in him in the mid teens)

I'm not sure this as anything to do with this thread but John Sheean from Cincy Jungle talked about how there are way more Scouts in organization than the Bengals website claims. Thought it was interesting nugget since we're talking about the front office.

Very interesting. If that's the case, I wonder why they wouldn't promote it? Why hide that?

(12-23-2021, 11:45 AM)Tlawsonmariat82 Wrote: Zac is nowhere near Marvin;he doesn't have the resume..Marvin was the architect of arguably the greatest defense in league history..Marvin had instant success taking over a 2-14 roster;Zac's first 2 years would've gotten him fired anywhere else facts..

Agreed, for now, but the point of this thread isn't to compare Marv and Zac's resumes. Zac's only had 3 years, and his rebuild was MUCH different than Marvin's. Most of Marv's key pieces were already in place.

Chad, TJ, Warrick, Rudi, a good o-line, Justin Smith, Brian Simmons, etc. He didn't NEED as many free agents because the core was already there. He didn't need to draft a Jamarr Chase in his 3rd year because he already had him on day one.

Marv's situation was better. Thus why he won more games immediately. Zac had to gut an aging team and slowly start over.

(12-23-2021, 01:27 PM)WychesWarrior Wrote: The only notable FA signings that I recall from Marvin's fist two seasons were Reggie Kelly, John Thornton, Tory James, and Bobbie Williams. Am I missing anyone?

Kevin Hardy got a big chunk of change, but disappointed. Duane Clemons. Kim Herring. A few others. He mainly reshaped the defense completely and left the offense alone because most of the pieces were already in place.