Marvin Lewis’ 200th regular-season game as head coach and 100th at Paul Brown Stadium turned out to be memorable enough that he got the game ball from Thursday night’s 31-10 victory over the Browns.
What caught the attention of defensive coordinator Paul Guenther is that the Bengals are the first 8-0 team to come out of the rough and tumble AFC North as well as the old AFC Central and so he handed the ball to Lewis, whose entire 24-year NFL coaching career has been spent in the division.
“It’s not me. It’s a great job by the team.