As the 2018 NFL season concluded, fans of the Cincinnati Bengals were ready for the 16-year coaching tenure of Marvin Lewis to be over. While Lewis presided over some of the best individual and consecutive strings of seasons by any Cincinnati team, the 0-7 playoff record and massive embarrassments on primetime television were the fire in which the Bengals’ faithful lit their torches as tools in the call for his job.
The masses were given their wish and the Bengals’ brain trust opted to go in a completely different direction than that of the old-school, defensive-minded Lewis.