After again failing to score a touchdown Thursday night vs. the Texans in their second consecutive loss, the Bengals fired offensive coordinator Ken Zampese on Friday, NFL Media first reported.
Zampese, who has been on the Bengals staff since Marvin Lewis took over in 2003, was promoted to offensive coordinator last season after Hue Jackson left to take the Bengals job.
Cincinnati fell from seventh in scoring in 2015 to 24th in '16, Zampese's first year as an NFL play caller, and things have looked increasingly bleak to begin this season. Cincinnati was shutout by Baltimore at home in Week 1 for the first time of the Lewis regime and managed just three field goals in Thursday night's 13-9 defeat to Houston.