Marvin Lewis' contract as Bengals head coach runs through the 2010 season, so he has plenty of job security. Nevertheless, he feels the heat of a 1-4 start.  "It's only the heat I generate on myself, fortunately or unfortunately, however you want to put it," Lewis said Monday. "So I guess I'll disappoint the fans who think there is heat, OK?  "My only heat is internal, and that's what drives me. That's the good thing, I guess, about this position. I'm not going to get concerned and they don't need to be concerned one way or another. Just go back to being loud and cheering."

Been there, done that:  Lewis has been here before. He was 1-4 his first two seasons (2003 and 2004), rebounding to finish 8-8 both times. The Bengals reached the playoffs in 2005, starting 5-1 and finishing 11-5. They swaggered to a 3-0 start in '06, but staggered to an 0-3 finish and ended up 8-8 for the third time in four years.

Cincinnati Bengals fans know all to well about moral victories when it comes to the Bengals.  Cincinnati fans have a long list of former Bengals Coaches and players who were all about moral victories.  We even have a team Owner who was happy with moral victories for almost fifteen years. 

Well now we can add Marvin Lewis to the list.  The one Bengals coach in the last 15 years that has always stood up against the moral victory cry laid right down in the comfort of a moral victory after the game on Sunday and made him self and his team feel comfortable and right at home.

After seeing the game on Sunday the fact Marin Lewis is talking moral victories may be the one thing that leads me to believe the season may truly be over for the 2007 Bengals.  This is not the Marvin Lewis we hired.  The Marvin Lewis who started with the Bengals appears to be long gone.  The guy who spoke of winning at all cost, do your job, play as a team, and no one is above the team is gone.  The guy who preached winning is all that matters in the NFL, and that the Bengals would be winners is gone.  He is gone and unfortunately now is when we need him the most.

Bengals wideout not happy with offense's inconsistency, especially on third down.

T.J. Houshmandzadeh is getting sick of looking at the game summaries and seeing one ugly stat.  The Bengals' wide receiver had an outstanding game — 8 catches for 145 yards and two TDs — but other numbers leap off the page: Cincinnati was 1-of-11 (9 percent) in third-down efficiency. That contributed heavily to its 27-20 loss to Kansas City, which converted 7-of-16 (44 percent) of its third-down opportunities.

Add in the Bengals' 0-for-7 on third down against New England, and Cincinnati has moved the chains once in its last 18 chances on third down.  "We're just not consistent," Houshmandzadeh said. "Why? I don't know. We're not giving ourselves the opportunity to string together several plays that keeps our offense on the field and our defense off the field. Confidence is a big thing. We've got to suck it up, man up and play (better)."

Fourth straight defeat has Bengals reeling, as only five 1-4 teams since 1990 have made playoffs.

Can anything be done to save the Bengals' season?

Slowly, surely, the Bengals' 2007 season is disintegrating, degenerating and disappearing before our eyes, and it's easy to see why.  The offense isn't producing, especially on third down (1 for 11 Sunday); the defense keeps yielding explosive plays; and the special teams are anything but special. Sound familiar?

It was almost as if the Bengals turned back time in a 27-20 loss to the Kansas City Chiefs in front of 76,846 spectators at Arrrowhead Stadium on Sunday — back to the bad ol' days when Dave Shula, Bruce Coslet and Dick LeBeau coached the club.

Bengals make case to be one of the NFL's worst teams. 

Bengals            20

Chiefs              27

The Bengals went out of their way to find a way to lose today.  For the first time since becomming the Bengals head coach, Marvin Lewis has lost four games in a row.  The loss to the Chiefs today places the Bengals sqaurely in last place in their division and makes them one of the worst teams in all of the NFL based on their record.

Bengals fans on sports blogs and forums across the city were actually begining to discuss draft picks for next season and of course the possability of seeing Marvin Lewis fired.  The Bengals defense played as expected just poorly enough to give the team its fourth loss of the season.

The Bengals were just what the Doctor ordered to help Larry Johnson get back on track!

"He's a tough runner, a hard guy to bring down," said defensive tackle Domata Peko. "He's a big man and fast. This seeemd to be an understatement for the Bengals defense which again failed to show up for the most part.  Kansas City was able to domost of the things they had hoped they would be able to do against the Bengals inferior defense.  The lack of tackling skills really hurt the Bengals against the Chiefs big runner Johnson.  At times the Bengals defense just seemed completely overmatched

After the game defensive tackle Domata Peko said "As a defense, we've got to start off strong the next game."  Once again another serious understatment.  With the Bengals now 1 and 5 I think everyone in the stadium knows this by now with the exception of Coach Lewis and some of the Bengals players.