Marvin Lewis won't pat himself on the back. Every time the question is asked — how much credit should Lewis get for helping the Cincinnati Bengals on a winning path, one that led to Super Bowl LVI? — he chuckles uncomfortably.
"I'm not taking credit for that. That's not my place," Lewis, the Bengals head coach from 2003-18, said in a phone interview. "What they did is about them and their hard work."
Willie Anderson predicted that would be Lewis' reaction. The Bengals' longtime offensive tackle and finalist this year for the Pro Football Hall of Fame said his old coach would be too humble to place himself in the middle of the Bengals' incredible season.