02-05-2016, 04:56 PM
(02-05-2016, 04:50 PM)fredtoast Wrote: Both took over teams that were just one year removed from making the playoffs and both had losing records their first season.
Marvin took over a team that had not made the playoffs in over a decade and had a .500 record his first season.
This would make me want to pause to compare roster carry over from year to year and see how many bums ML inherited from that losing decade vs. how many strong players he had already on the roster carrying over and in the begning of their careers. The Bengals team Marvin Lewis came into was actually fairly strong roster wise at a lot of Key positions so I don't think it's fair to be too pumped that he went 8-8 back to back before the playoffs in the Human Juggs Machine's (carson) 3rd season (2nd starting).
Strong players on the 2003 roster:
Chad
Carson
Housh
J Smith
W Anderson
Levi Jones
Corey Dillon
Rudi Johnson
Rich Braham
Brian Simmons
Goff
Steinbach
Peter Warrick
All of the above were very very very strong players coming in as rookies or already there.
