Cincinnati Bengals

Cincinnati Bengals: Marvin Lewis Isn't Going Anywhere

Published Jun. 30, 2017 6:28 p.m. ET

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Bengals’ head coach Marvin Lewis has controlled Cincinnati’s sidelines since 2003; that’s not changing anytime soon.

The Cincinnati Bengals are 2-4. Not a familiar feeling for a team that has made the playoffs five consecutive seasons, won double digits games four straight years and is the defending AFC North champion.

Sitting under .500 for the first time since 2012 , Cincinnati’s coaching staff has been scrutinized the hardest. First-year offensive coordinator Ken Zampese on the team’s efficiency in the red zone, Paul Guenther on the defense yielding 24.2 points per game (20th in the NFL), and, of course, head honcho Marvin Lewis.

Usually, Lewis’s critics don’t arrive until early January. That’s been the pattern in six of the last seven years when his Bengals went one-and-done in the postseason.

At two games under .500, it’s logical for fans to go irate. However, if history repeats itself — as it often does with the Cincinnati Bengals — Lewis is not going anywhere.