09-12-2017, 09:41 AM
It's been a while since I've actually really paid attention to the Bengals for an entire season. About 3 or 4 years. The reason for this of course is because of my disdain for Marvin Lewis as the head coach of the Bengals. I've been critical of Lewis since the Cedric Benson days and have wanted him out even before Carson Palmer left. I mean I dislike the guy so much as a coach that when I heard that the Bengals had lost 20-0 to the Ravens I actually laughed. Usually I would be mad because I love the Bengals, but I wasn't mad. I thought it was hilarious because somehow people expected different from a coach that can't win a playoff game to save his life. All I can say is I'm glad this is Marvin's last year (hopefully).
My question to all of you is what is it about Marvin Lewis's head coaching career with the Bengals that still haunts you to this day? I can still remember what game it was that made me not want to watch the Bengals anymore. It was when they lost to the San Diego Chargers in the 2014 wild card playoff game. That was the game where I said I was done with really believing in this team until Marvin Lewis is gone. Since then I have rarely paid any attention to them.
But the Chargers playoff loss isn't the one that haunts me the most. It was when the Bengals lost 31-10 in 2012 against the Houston Texans when they were starting T.J, Yates, who was their rookie back up quarterback after Matt Schaub got injured. I honestly thought for sure we had our first playoff win coming for sure.... and then we just completely laid an egg. I was baffled. There are other instances like the Jeremy Hill playoff fumble heard around the world that haunt me, but for some reason that Texans game just still gets under my skin whenever I think about it.
My question to all of you is what is it about Marvin Lewis's head coaching career with the Bengals that still haunts you to this day? I can still remember what game it was that made me not want to watch the Bengals anymore. It was when they lost to the San Diego Chargers in the 2014 wild card playoff game. That was the game where I said I was done with really believing in this team until Marvin Lewis is gone. Since then I have rarely paid any attention to them.
But the Chargers playoff loss isn't the one that haunts me the most. It was when the Bengals lost 31-10 in 2012 against the Houston Texans when they were starting T.J, Yates, who was their rookie back up quarterback after Matt Schaub got injured. I honestly thought for sure we had our first playoff win coming for sure.... and then we just completely laid an egg. I was baffled. There are other instances like the Jeremy Hill playoff fumble heard around the world that haunt me, but for some reason that Texans game just still gets under my skin whenever I think about it.
