Marvin Lewis
Marvin Lewis
Marvin Ronald Lewisis an American football coach who is the head coach of the Cincinnati Bengals of the National Football League. Lewis has held the position since January 14, 2003, and is currently the second-longest tenured head coach in the NFL behind Bill Belichick of the New England Patriots. He is also the longest tenured coach in Bengals history. Previously, he was the defensive coordinator of the Baltimore Ravens from 1996 to 2001, whose record-setting defense in 2000 helped them...
ProfessionCoach
Date of Birth23 September 1958
CityMcdonald, PA
We are not off to a good start. We just won one football game. We have a chance to write the script on what a good start is. We play Minnesota next week, and now that is our focus.
We didn't tackle, ... We didn't block. We didn't cover and we didn't punt. . . . I think the eye-opening thing and the lesson learned was that we were going against a very good football team. . . . If we want to go where we want to go, we have to go out and play against football teams like the Philadelphia Eagles and respond to those challenges.
In both cases, we have had good conversations with representation for both guys. Within the next two, three weeks, we hope to have discussion from their point of view back and see where things are. As we get closer to free agency, both sides have the opportunity to explore their options further.
I don't pay attention to any numbers. Numbers are not how you play football. We made a decision to keep Craig. Casey did a good job. It was a very very close call, and we kept Craig.
I don't pay attention to any numbers, ... Numbers are not how you play football. We made a decision to keep Craig. Casey did a good job. It was a very, very close call, and we kept Craig.
You've got to go do what you're supposed to do. The good thing that we accomplished tonight was taking care of the football.
The coaches are doing a good job of coaching him, and he's doing a good job of absorbing it and keeping it going. As long as he does what he's supposed to do, we'll have a chance to be successful on offense.
We're making plays, ... but we have to protect the football.
We're beginning to see the change. I'm excited to see it on Sunday, for it to be our home field advantage and to be back the way it ought to be when we play at Paul Brown Stadium, no matter who we play. ... It's an exciting week for the city.
Our guys responded, adjusted, and responded. Interesting enough, I talked to our guys all week about expanding their roles, and we had some guys expand their roles today.
We have to win football games. I don't think Carson has to do anything different. The rest of us have to keep playing and coaching better. He's so, so talented. As I keep saying from the day he walked in here, the guy, no matter what he touches, he can turn it to gold.
Taylor made a lot of yards on missed tackles.
They can't wait to call each other after the game on their cell phones to see who did what.
We're going to use this, ... It's a lesson learned. It's on tape. It doesn't count for anything, but it's there. We didn't play well enough anywhere. I'm not discouraged.