CHARLOTTE, N.C. -- What stood out to Marvin Lewis the last time his Cincinnati Bengals faced the Carolina Panthers wasn't that his kicker missed a game-winning, 36-yard field goal attempt at the end of overtime or that it was the highest-scoring tie in NFL history.
It was "that guy."
"That guy, No. 1, just kept making first downs on us," the Bengals coach recalled of the 2014 tie (37-37) in Cincinnati as the Bengals and Panthers prepare to meet on Sunday at 1 p.m. ET at Bank of America Stadium. "I think they might've converted three fourth downs, and he just kept drives alive.