Adam Schefter (@AdamSchefter)
12/17/17, 10:13 AM
After 15 seasons in Cincinnati, Marvin Lewis is planning to leave the Bengals after this season to pursue opportunities elsewhere
Ian Rapoport (@RapSheet)
12/17/17, 10:22 AM
A topic we'll address later in @NFLGameDay: With the #Bengals planning for a fresh start on their coaching staff, Marvin Lewis plans to move to the front office, sources say. No head coach is more involved in personnel. A GM somewhere else?
Schefter
“With a flurry of head-coaching openings expected in the coming weeks and a shortage of obvious head-coaching candidates with experience, Lewis is likely to be on teams' short lists of candidates, league sources said...
If a head-coaching job does not materialize, sources said Lewis would be interested in working in another team's front office or as a coaching adviser for a former Bengals assistant coach who has gone on to become a head coach, such as Mike Zimmer, whose Minnesota Vikings host the Bengals on Sunday.”
is a very good talent evaluator and scheme-strong mind in defense. But he’s not a very good head coach. He’d make a good front office guy running the personnel side.
12/17/17, 10:22 AM
A topic we'll address later in @NFLGameDay: With the #Bengals planning for a fresh start on their coaching staff, Marvin Lewis plans to move to the front office, sources say. No head coach is more involved in personnel. A GM somewhere else?
Schefter
“With a flurry of head-coaching openings expected in the coming weeks and a shortage of obvious head-coaching candidates with experience, Lewis is likely to be on teams' short lists of candidates, league sources said...
If a head-coaching job does not materialize, sources said Lewis would be interested in working in another team's front office or as a coaching adviser for a former Bengals assistant coach who has gone on to become a head coach, such as Mike Zimmer, whose Minnesota Vikings host the Bengals on Sunday.”
He'd be better off moving to the Bengals front office.
Less pressure...hands in/on D talent(if you ignore the badboy types).
He's played a hand in assembling some excellent teams, but Lewis the coach has always got in the way.
Less pressure...hands in/on D talent(if you ignore the badboy types).
Why would he want to be a coordinator again? That’s not happening
For DC, not HC.
The crappy ownership didn’t cause his numerous bizarre in game decisions.
Agreed, as a HC I want no part of Lewis unless the only choices are him or Mike Smith. I would be fine if Lewis was brought in for a FO spot.
He needs time off.
He'd be a really solid front office leader who knows how to put together a defense oriented team.
I'd be in favor of a combo of he and Abrams.
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Brutal coach. Wasn't helped by ownership, but also didn't help himself with alot of his decisions, either.
Agreed, as a HC I want no part of Lewis unless the only choices are him or Mike Smith. I would be fine if Lewis was brought in for a FO spot.
If my choices are Marvin Lewis or Mike Smith, I run to the podium and pick Mike Smith.