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BX: Cincinnati Bengals starting from scratch in building draft chemistry

Bengals talk about quarterback philosophy and future of Andy Dalton at NFL Combine Albert Cesare, acesare@enquirer.com

Bengals Xtra is a weekly column from Enquirer beat writer Paul Dehner Jr. analyzing developments off the field surrounding Bengals football, taking you inside the front office and locker room.

INDIANAPOLIS – For 16 years, Marvin Lewis, Duke Tobin and the Brown family developed a chemistry. The collective vision gradually formed of what type of player they want, what that looks like and, more importantly, what it doesn’t like.

That institutional knowledge is gone now as 67 percent of the staff and the head coach position turned over in 2019.