Sep 20th 2008 1:27PM by Sportz Assassin (author feed)
Filed under: Bengals, AFC North, NFL Coaching
Despite all the rats jumping off the Bengals’ sinking ship, head coach Marvin Lewis doesn’t think things are all that bad. Sure, it isn’t a bed of roses right now … but a little polish here and there will quickly get this season back on track.
Right, Marv?”I see us making the plays we need to make,” Lewis said. “We need to strap them together and build upon them and not have little things that get us off course. We have to compete and make plays all the time. … We have to make first downs. We have to score on offense.
“On defense, we can’t have plays that get us out of sync and out of kilter and allow them to change field position. On special teams, we can’t hurt ourselves.”
Whoa! I think Lewis has finally cracked the code. Be efficient on offense, be steady on defense and don’t make mistakes on special teams. That’s why they pay him the big bucks.
I know all of this is coachspeak for “we have talent, we know what we are supposed to be doing … but we aren’t doing it” and all, but these are the kinds of things coaches say when they aren’t going to be around much longer.
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