Marvin Lewis‘ desire for another Bengals extension may have stemmed from wanting to see his staff more at ease instead of securing his own future. But the longtime Cincinnati leader appears to be backing off of this push.
Lewis is signed only through the 2017 season. He told Geoff Hobson of Bengals.com he wouldn’t mind an extension into ’18, but some urgency at Bengals headquarters might not be the worst thing after the most recent season Cincinnati completed.
“I don’t think [an extension is] critical or crucial. If things work out we would look to do that,” Lewis said, via Hobson. “I think some people are sometimes more at ease with that. Maybe that’s not where we need to be. Maybe that’s not the right place for us to be right now … everybody is year-to-year, right?”
The 58-year-old coach took the Bengals to the playoffs six times in a seven-year span, from 2009-15, but saw a veteran-fueled team fall well short of expectations last season. The Bengals signed him to a one-year extension last April despite the team coming off of a wild-card collapse, cementing a fifth straight loss in this round. Cincinnati then finished third in the AFC North at 6-9-1 — its worst record since 2010.
Lewis added that he doesn’t have a set date at which he plans to step away from the game. Going into the season as a lame-duck coach would still be an interesting development for the league’s second-longest-tenured HC, given the Bengals’ consistency this decade.
How does this guy keep his job. He can’t win a playoff game and loves coaching thugs.
AMEN
HOF?
Lol…yea maybe not feeling secure is what front office wants you and staff to feel for 17 season.
How can a coach want and expect a contract extension when he coached his team to a losing record? Lmao
This guy has to have dirt on Mike Brown, or it is the biggest crush on each other since the Media & Obama. How does Marvin stay year after year.