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Death by Status Quo: How Bengals’ front office allowed Marvin Lewis to become a lame duck

After 15 seasons as head coach of the Bengals, Marvin Lewis appears ready to move on, and so does the front office.

The man who rescued the much-maligned franchise from the pit of misery of professional football has dismissed reports that he won’t stay in Cincinnati past 2017, but where’s there’s smoke, there’s fire. Both he and the team should embrace the opportunity of a fresh start.

I’m young and, relatively, a new fan of this team. When I started rooting for them, they already had Cason Palmer, Rudi Johnson and Chad Johnson.