Zac Taylor vs Marvin Lewis

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(12-23-2021, 02:43 PM)Shake n Blake Wrote: Very interesting. If that's the case, I wonder why they wouldn't promote it? Why hide that?


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.


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.

I truly believe this comes back to Mike Brown.  Mike Brown is the defacto GM of this team in title.  

Until Mike passes he'll retain the title of President and GM of the Cincinnati Bengals.  That will not change.  

Duke Tobin has control of players and who comes to this team because you can see a strategy behind it.  

Mike never knew what free agency was nor had a clue how to use it. 

Maybe one day when Mike passes Katie will give that title to a person who deserves it.