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According to ESPN, Cincinnati Bengals head coach Marvin Lewis will be leaving the National Football League franchise at the end of the season.
This makes the words Marvin Lewis spoke a few days ago all that much more cryptic.
“We all realize that when you sign up for these jobs, the thing is it’s not forever,” Lewis said. “I think we all accept that.”
That was Lewis after being asked about job security.
Former Bengals assistant Mike Zimmer was also recently nostalgic when talking about his old boss.
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“I think he’s a heck of a coach,” Zimmer said. “He does unbelievable things in the community. I learned a lot from him. I’m happy for him. In my opinion, he should be able to stay there as long as he wants.”
Then Lewis responded to those comments by sounding like a guy who knew he was done for.
“I appreciate that support from Mike. We have a lot of good talks,” Lewis said. “A few weeks ago, when [the Vikings] were on a bye, I drove down the road [to Zimmer’s house in Kentucky] and we spent some time together. But we’ve spent a lot of time together when we’re not doing football. I appreciate his friendship that way. When things don’t go well for us, that’s all we have is each other — we spend more time [together], we don’t spend less time. That’s the thing that we all relate to well. I think everybody knows that — any coach that coaches now.”
This is an astonishing report given that Marvin Lewis has been with the Bengals for what feels like forever.
