While the 0-7 in the playoffs is bad...he's not given the same resources as other coaches...mainly having a strong scouting department and free agency budget.

I think he knows that he can't win here.

Can any coach?

IF Marvin coached the Steelers...I think he would have won a Super Bowl or two by now.

(12-11-2017, 12:54 PM)THE PISTONS Wrote: While the 0-7 in the playoffs is bad...he's not given the same resources as other coaches...mainly having a strong scouting department and free agency budget.

I think he knows that he can't win here.

Can any coach?

IF Marvin coached the Steelers...I think he would have won a Super Bowl or two by now.

Good 1, Marvin wouldn't win a super bowl with the AFC pro bowl team. 

By his tone and some of his uncharacteristic actions the last month I agree, he appears burn out, over it and ready to move on.

I just wish he would have done this 3 years ago....

Marvin has won here. Plenty of teams with huge scouting departments and making big splashes in free agency lose year after year. Many of our challenges lay at Marvin's feet and have nothing to do with scouting or free agency. He is slow to make personnel changes when needed. He is bad at clock management. He fails to make halftime adjustments. He fails to have the team ready to play 60 minutes. He is far too complacent. He is a poor game day motivator. His teams are undisciplined. He sticks with underperforming coaches. And do not try and convince me that Mike forces Paul Alexander on Marvin. He is there because Marvin wants him there.

It is time for him to move on.

Oh, and technically he won't be fired , his contract expires. I hope both sides agree it is time for a change

I agree that I️t will most likely be a mutual parting. Mike won’t fire him per se since he is not under contract. Marvin will be allowed to leave however he decides to label it


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Marvin needs to announce his retirement freeing up MB to start interviewing coaches, since I don't believe MB will embarrass him by doing it while he's still here...

I also believe Marvin will walk away at the end of the season...but walking away from football if he doesn't have to? Ehh, I'll believe it when I see it. I can honestly see him sticking around for the rest of the Dalton/Green era and then everything getting blown up.

Here's a list of players Marvin Lewis has had the opportunity to coach while he's been here. This list contains FA's, College FA's that he has hit gold with, drafted players and player acquired via trade. Marvin has also had coaches that have moved on to become, head coaches or coordianators for other teams. They were mere seconds away from winning a playoff game in 2015 with a back up quarterback. A core foundation was put in place and was lost after the 2015 season. The internal leadership had left the team. No more Zimmer's, no more Gruden's, no more Jackson's and no Joeseph's. I believe the team also lost it's player leadership when Whitworth and Peko were let go. Marvin's leadership on this team is recognized now. The player leadership is no longer here. Dalton, Green, Dunlap, Atkins may be good players but are not great team leaders. No leadership from the coach's on either side of the ball has left this team where it is today. A team that just gives up, doesn't play hard, commits too many penalties, drops too many passes, block terrible, can't tackle. I could on and on. Frankly there is just no discipline or leadership with this team. Anyway here's the list.


2000 Draft 1.Peter Warrick-WR 2.Mark Roman-CB 3.Ron Dugans-WR 4.Curtis Keaton-RB 5.Robert Bean-RB 6.Neil Rackers-K 7.Brad St.Louis-TE

2001 Draft 1.Justin Smith-DE 2.Chad Johnson-WR 3.Sean Brewer-TE 4.Rudi Johnson-RB 5.Victor Leyva-G 6.Riall Johnson-LB 7.T.J.Housmanzada-WR

2002 Draft 1.Levi Jones-T 2.Lamont Thompson-DB 3.Matt Schobel-TE 4.Travis Dorsch-K 5.Marquand Manual-SS 6.Joey Evans-LB

Marvin Lewis Hired
2003 Draft 1.Carson Palmer-QB 2.Eric Stienbach-G 3.Kelly Washington-WR 4.Dennis Weathersby-CB 5.Jeremi Johnson-FB 6.Khalid Abdullah-LB 7.Langston Moore-DT 8.Scott Koistra-T 9.Elton Patterson-DL

2004 Draft 1.Chris Perry-RB 2.Keiwan Ratliff-CB 3.Madieu Williams-S 4.Caleb Miller-LB 5.Landon Johnson-LB 6.Mathias Askew-DT 7.Robert Geathers-DE 8.Stacy Andrews-T 9.Maurice Mann-WR 10.Greg Brooks-CB 11.Casey Bramlet-QB

2005 Draft 1.David Pollack-DE 2.Odell Thurman-LB 3.Chris Henry-WR 4.Eric Ghiaciuc-C 5.Adam Keift-T 6.Tab Perry-WR 7.Johnathan Fenene

2006 Draft 1.Johnathan Joeseph-CB 2.Andrew Whitworth-T 3.Frostee Rucker-DE 4.Domato Peko-DT 5.A.J. Nicholson-LB 6.Reggie McNeal-WR 7.Ethan Kilmer-DB 8.Bennie Brazell-WR Supplemental Pick: Ahmed Brooks-LB

2007 Draft 1.Leon Hall-CB 2.Kenny Irons-RB 3.Marvin White-S 4.Jeff Rowe-QB 5.Matt Toeaina-DT 6.Dan Santucci-G 7.Chinedum Ndukwe-S

2008 Draft 1.Keith Rivers-LB 2.Jerome Simpson-WR 3.Pat Sims-DT 4.Andre Caldwell-WR 5.Anthony Collins-OT 6.Jason Shirley-DT 7.Corey Lynch-S 8.Matt Sherry-TE 9.Angelo Craig-DE 10.Mario Urrutia-WR

2009 Draft 1.Andre Smith-T 2.Rey Maualuga-LB 3.Michael Johnson-DE 4.Chase Coffman-TE 5.Johnathan Luigs-C 6.Kevin Huber-P 7.Morgan Trent-DB 8.Bernard Scott-RB 9.Fui Vakapuna-FB 10.Clinton McDonald-DT 11.Freddie Brown-WR

2010 Draft 1.Jermaine Gresham-TE 2.Carlos Dunlap-DE 3.Jordan Shipley-WR 4.Brandon Ghee-CB 5.Geno Adtkins-DT 6.Roddrick Muckelroy-LB 7.Otis Hudson-G 8.Dezmond Brisco-WR 9.Reggie Stephens-C

2011 Draft 1.A.J.Green-WR 2.Andy Dalton-QB 3.Dontay Moch-LB 4.Clint Boiling-G 5.Robert Sands-DB 6.Ryan Whalen-WR 7.Korey Lindsey-CB 8.Jay Finley-RB

2012 Draft 1.Dre Kirkpatrick-CB 2.Kevin Zietler-G 3.Devon Still-DT 4.Mohamed Sanu-WR 5.Brandon Thompson-DT 6.Orson Charles-TE 7.Shaun Prater-CB 8.Marvin Jones-WR 9.George Iloka-S 10.Dan Herron-RB

2013 Draft 1.Tyler Eifert-TE 2.Giovani Bernard-RB 3.Margus Hunt-DE 4.Shawn Williams-S 5.Sean Porter-LB 6.Tanner Hawkinson-G 7.Rex Burkhead-RB 8.Cobi Hamilton-WR 9.Reid Fragel-T 10.T.J.Johnson-C

2014 Draft 1.Darqueze Dennard-CB 2.Jeremy Hill-RB 3.Will Clarke-DE 4.Russell Bodine-C 5.A.J.McCarron-QB 6.Marquis Flowers-LB 7.James Wright-WR 8.Lavelle Westbrooks-DB

2015 Draft 1.Cedric Ogbuehi-T 2.Jake Fisher-T 3.Tyler Kroft-TE 4.P.J.Dawson-LB 5.Josh Shaw-DB 6.Marcus Hardison-DT 7.C.J.Uzomah-TE 8.Derron Smith-S 9.Mario Alford-WR

2016 Draft 1.William Jackson-CB 2.Tyler Boyd-WR 3.Nick Vigil-LB 4.Andrew Billings-DT 5.Christian Westerman-G 6.Cody Core-WR 7.Clayton Fejedelem-S

2017 Draft 1.John Ross-WR 2.Joe Mixon-RB 3.Jordan Willis-DE 4.Carl Lawson-DE 5.Josh Malone-WR 6.Ryan Glasgow-DT 7.Jake Elliot-K 8.J.J.Dielman-G 9.Brandon Wilson-DB 10.Jordan Evans-LB 11.Mason Schreck-TE

Free Agent signings since 2005
2005: 1.Hannibal Navies-LB 2.Ifeanyi Ohalete-DB 3.Dante Ridgeway-WR 4.Patrick Body-CB 5.Jamall Broussard-WR 6.Derek Curry-LB 7.Ronnie Ghent-FB 8.Herana Daze-Jones-S 9.Pete Lougheed-T 10-Quincy Wilson-RB 11.Nick Luchey-FB
2006: 1.Dexter Jackson-S 2.Antonio Chatman-WR 3.Sam Adams-DT 4.Anthony Wright-QB 5.Dave Ragone-QB 6.Glenn Holt-WR 7.Skyler Green-WR

2007: 1.Nate Livings-G 2.Daniel Coats-TE 3.Blue Adams-CB 4.Kendrick Allen-DT 5.Lamar Marshall-LB 6.Aaron Elling-K 7.Ryan Fitzpatrick-QB 8.David Jones-CB 9.Anthony Schlegel-LB 10.Kyle Cook-C 11.Corey Mays-LB 12.Roy Manning-LB

2008: 1.Mike Zimmer-DC 2.Jeff Fitzgerald-LB Coach 3.Kyries Hebert-S 4.Jordan Palmer-QB 5.Antwan Odem-DE 6.Darrel Blackstock-LB 7.Brandon Johnson-LB 8.Ben Utecht-TE 9.Doug Gabriel-WR 10.James Johnson-RB 11.Simeon Castille-CB 12.Maurice Purify-WR 13.Travis Brown-WR 14.Reagan Maui'a-FB 15.Dennis Roland-T 16.Abdul Hodge-LB 17.Kenny Watson-RB 18.Andrew Crummey-G 19.Chris Crocker-S 20.Evan Mathis-G 21.Kirk Barton-T 22.Victor Hobson-LB 23.Mike Doss-S 24.Chris Harrington-DE 25.Jim Maxwell-LB

2009: 1.Laveranues Coles-WR 2.J.T.O'Sullivan-QB 3.Tank Johnson-DT 4.Chris Pressley-FB 5.Dan Skuta-LB 6.Roy Williams-S 7.Brian Leonard-RB 8.Jamar Fletcher-CB 9.J.P.Foschi-TE 10.Langston Moore-DT 11.Ventrell Jenkins-DT 12.Clark Harris-LS 13.Orien Harris-DT 14.Fui Vakapuna-FB 15.Larry Johnson-RB 16.Rico Murray-CB 17.Shaun Smith-DT

2010: 1.Matt Jones-WR 2.Dave Raynor-K 3.Antonio Bryant-WR 4.Chris Davis-WR 5.Mike Nugent-K 6.Cedric Peerman-RB 7.DeAngelo Willingham-S 8.Jake Richardson-P 9.Adam Jones-CB 10.Gibril Wilson-S 11.Tom Nelson-S 12.Jeromy Miles-S 13.Victor Adeyanju-DE 14.Terrell Owens-WR

2011: 1.Bruce Gradkowski-QB 2.Thomas Howard-LB 3.Nate Clements-CB 4.Andrew Hawkins-WR 5.Max Jean-Giles-G 6.Manny Lawson-LB 7.Bo Scaife-TE 8.Taylor Mays-S 9.Kelley Jennings-CB 10.Cornell Banks-DT 11.Mike McGlynn-G 12.Mickey Shuler-TE 13.Brandon Tate-WR 14.Nick Hayden-DT 15.Armon Binns-WR

2012: 1.Mark Carrier-DB coach 2.Paul Geunther-LB coach 3.Hue Jackson-Asst.coach 4.Travelle Wharton-G 5.Jason Allen-CB 6.Reggie Nelson-S 7.Ben Jarvis Green-Ellis-RB 8.Derrick Harvey-DE 9.Jamall Anderson-DE 10.Jacob Bell-G 11.Terence Newman-CB 12.Vontaze Burfict-LB 13.Trevor Robinson-C 14.Emmanuel Lamur-LB 15.Chris Lewis-Harris-CB 16.T.J.Heath-CB 17.Jeff Faine-C 18.Wallace Gillberry-DE 19.Chris Crocker-S 20.Josh Brown-K 21.Dane Sanzenbacher-WR

2013: 1.Aaron Maybin-LB 2.Josh Johnson-QB 3.John Skelton-QB 4.Mike Pollack-G 5.Alex Smith-TE 6.James Harrison-LB 7.Michael Boley-LB 8.Resigned the following players currently on roster: Carlos Dunlap-DE, Andre Smith-T, Michael Johnson-DE, Andrew Hawkins-WR, Bernard Scott-RB, Terrance Newman-CB, Brandon Tate-WR, Adam Jones-CB, Dennis Roland-T, Rey Mauluga-LB, Robert Geathers-DE, Wallace Gillberry-DE, Mike Nugent-K, Clark Harris-LS, Kevin Huber-P, Cedric Peerman

2014: 1.Hue Jackson-OC 2.Kyle Caskey-RB Coach 3.Paul Guenther-DC 4.Matt Burke-LB Coach 5.Vance Joeseph-DB Coach 6.Jason Campbell-QB 7.R.J.Stanford-CB 8.Daniel Manning-CB 9.Sam Montgomery-DE 10.Greg Little-WR 11.Nico Johnson-LB 12.Eric Winston-T 13.Marshall Newhouse-T 14.Resinged the following players on roster: Andy Dalton-QB, Vontaze Burfict-LB, Brandon Tate-WR, Vincent Rey-LB, Taylor Mays-S, Dane Sanzenbacher-WR,

2015: 1.Pat Sims-DT 2.Denarius Moore-WR 3.Keith Wenning-QB 4.A.J.Hawk-LB 5.Re-signed the following player on the current roster; A.J.Green-WR, Andrew Whitworth-T, Clint Boiling-G,Eric Winston-T, Mike Nugent-K, Cedric Peerman-RB, Rey Mauluga-LB

2016: 1.Ken Zampese-OC 2.Bill Lazor-QB coach 3.Kevin Coyle-DB coach 4.Jim Hasslet-LB coach 5.Karlos Dansby-LB 6.Brandon LaFell-WR 7.Jeff Driskell-QB 8.Keivare Russell-CB 9.Trey Hopkins-G 10.Wallace Gillberry-DE 11.Randy Bullock-K

2017: 1.Andre Smith-T 2.Kevin Minter-LB 3.Chris Smith-DE 4.Christian Ringo-DT 5.Marshall Koen-K

(12-11-2017, 01:05 PM)pally Wrote: Marvin has won here. Plenty of teams with huge scouting departments and making big splashes in free agency lose year after year. Many of our challenges lay at Marvin's feet and have nothing to do with scouting or free agency.  He is slow to make personnel changes when needed.  He is bad at clock management.  He fails to make halftime adjustments.  He fails to have the team ready to play 60 minutes.  He is far too complacent.  He is a poor game day motivator.  His teams are undisciplined. He sticks with underperforming coaches.  And do not try and convince me that Mike forces Paul Alexander on Marvin.  He is there because Marvin wants him there.

It is time for him to move on.  

Oh, and technically he won't be fired , his contract expires.  I hope both sides agree it is time for a change

The 'other teams with big scouting departments lose' excuse is old...because statistically most NFL teams outside of the Browns and Lions have won 5+ playoff games since we last won 1.

So clearly, the way the league does things is right compared to the Bengals way.

Reminds me of the girl whose dude beats and cheats on her even though she stays with him. Then in the end he dumps her!

(12-11-2017, 12:54 PM)THE PISTONS Wrote: While the 0-7 in the playoffs is bad...he's not given the same resources as other coaches...mainly having a strong scouting department and free agency budget.

I think he knows that he can't win here.

Can any coach?

IF Marvin coached the Steelers...I think he would have won a Super Bowl or two by now.

I dunno if he would have won a Super Bowl or not, but I doubt he's 0fer the playoffs.

I think he's burned out too.  I don't see how he's made it this long.

(12-11-2017, 01:05 PM)pally Wrote: Marvin has won here. Plenty of teams with huge scouting departments and making big splashes in free agency lose year after year. Many of our challenges lay at Marvin's feet and have nothing to do with scouting or free agency.  He is slow to make personnel changes when needed.  He is bad at clock management.  He fails to make halftime adjustments.  He fails to have the team ready to play 60 minutes.  He is far too complacent.  He is a poor game day motivator.  His teams are undisciplined. He sticks with underperforming coaches.  And do not try and convince me that Mike forces Paul Alexander on Marvin.  He is there because Marvin wants him there.

It is time for him to move on.  

Oh, and technically he won't be fired , his contract expires.  I hope both sides agree it is time for a change

Then why has every coach since Dave Shula wanted him here?

(12-11-2017, 02:13 PM)Wyche Wrote: Then why has every coach since Dave Shula wanted him here?

Yeah clearly Marvin doesn't have total control over many aspects of the organization.

Great points, and I agree. I am not sure the Bengals will win anything until they actually start operating like a 21st century NFL organization.......... and I am not holding my breathe for that.

Things like a General Manager, scouts, staffing, free agency are indeed things that teams have that have won a playoff game in the last 26 years.

Remind me how much revenue is made by the Paul Brown Stadium naming rights again?

(12-11-2017, 02:17 PM)bambino5130 Wrote: Great points, and I agree. I am not sure the Bengals will win anything until they actually start operating like a 21st century NFL organization.......... and I am not holding my breathe for that.

Things like a General Manager, scouts, staffing, free agency are indeed things that teams have that have won a playoff game in the last 26 years.

That's a nice summary of it.

The Bengals haven't won a single playoff game since modern free agency began in 1992.

Fun facts about Marvin Lewis. At least 4 of those playoff games we were favored to win.
Losing to Mark Sanchez, TJ yates, Matt Schaub. See last playoff loss due to lack of discipline no need to explain further.
It took 10 years into Marvin's tenure before we utilized the free play that every other team in the league employs!
How has his game management been? his ceiling is bottom third of the league. His floor is worst coach in the league.
So get out of here with that nonsense that Marvin isn't the problem.

(12-11-2017, 02:26 PM)Bengalfan4life27c Wrote: Fun facts about Marvin Lewis.  At least 4 of those playoff games we were favored to win.
Losing to Mark Sanchez, TJ yates, Matt Schaub. See last playoff loss due to lack of discipline no need to explain further.
It took 10 years into Marvin's tenure before we utilized the free play that every other team in the league employs!
How has his game management been? his ceiling is bottom third of the league. His floor is worst coach in the league.
So get out of here with that nonsense that Marvin isn't the problem.

Lack of discipline? Maybe that's a result of an owner who signed and drafted every former 1st Round pick with arrests or red flags he could find?

(12-11-2017, 12:54 PM)THE PISTONS Wrote: While the 0-7 in the playoffs is bad...he's not given the same resources as other coaches...mainly having a strong scouting department and free agency budget.

I think he knows that he can't win here.

Can any coach?

IF Marvin coached the Steelers...I think he would have won a Super Bowl or two by now.

Eh... Marv has shown he is a pretty good coach when the pressure is off, but a clueless nitwit when the lights go on. 

However, I don't know about a super bowl but I do believe Ben Roethlisberger would have won Marv at least a few playoff games. Hey, Peyton manning won a ring with Tony freaking Dungy so I guess it's possible. I believe an elite QB can make any subpar head coach look good (kinda like Ben is doing for Tomlin right now). 

Let's be real, aside from 2005 Carson Palmer Marv has never had an elite QB to mask his deficiencies. 

I don't believe for one second that Marv is burned out. People were saying similar crap in 2010. Marv will happily accept contracts as long as Mike offers them.

The fact that he's thrown so many players under the bus this year is just more proof on how much Marv values his job. If he's "tired" of anything, he's tired of not having that extension that he publicly lobbied for back in January. People claiming he looks burned out are just guilty of wishful thinking.

(12-11-2017, 01:28 PM)Sled21 Wrote: Marvin needs to announce his retirement freeing up MB to start interviewing coaches, since I don't believe MB will embarrass him by doing it while he's still here...

Eh Not interested in anyone that's already been fired