(10-22-2018, 03:56 PM)CKwi88 Wrote: That's why passing up in-house talent (especially Zimmer who wasn't homegrown talent so to speak) hurts so bad. Brown probably would have had the trust to give Zimmer some of the autonomy afforded to Lewis.

It has become more and more apparent blantantly obvious that Marvin Lewis is not the solution here. He brought the Bengals out of the dumpster and deserves a lot of credit for that. But while Marvin Lewis 1.0 brought us back to relevance, and Marvin Lewis 2.0 had us as a regular contender for a time, the first 7 games of Marvin Lewis 3.0 is shaping up to be the exact same thing. A team/roster with great potential that will never be realized and never kick down the door to being a top AFC squad.

So while there's a chance Brown wouldn't hire someone better, after 14 years I'll take a chance, however remote, on getting out of this Groundhog Day situation we find ourselves in with Lewis.