Bengals fans and Marvin Lewis may have parted ways with his 2007 performance!

Bengals fans honeymoon with Marvin Lewis has abruptly ended after having to sit through another disappointing and sub par season for the team and Coach Lewis.  Fans have seen a calamity of errors including 12 men on the field at a time, unprepared defensive schemes, horrible clock management, and simply poor game planning, but the lack of heart the team has played with down the stretch has been the final nail in the coffin for most Bengals fans. 

What we are seeing now is a team on the brink of reverting back to being a permanent laughing stalk of the NFL.  A team that can find solace year in and year out in the fact that they will be getting a top five draft choice.  A fan base that spends more time discussing which top five player we will draft each year rather than ever considering the payoffs as a remote possibility.

Which team do you think is the fluke, the 2005 Bengals playoff team or this years Bengals team?  As frightening as it is to Bengals fans, many of them are starting to realize that the real Bengals may have put their worst foot forward this year, and that this team is your real Cincinnati Bengals.  The 2005 Bengals playoff team was a bunch of over achievers that got lucky and so did their coaching staff.

Now, I know there have been a lot of injuries and players who were out for various reason, but this is the NFL.  Every team in the leagues has to deal with some adversity.  Here is the million dollar question for Mike Brown right now.  Even if you had those players back and healthy next year, is Marvin Lewis the guy who can coach this team to a Super Bowl?  Is Coach Lewis the guy who can draft the right players to make this team the best it can be?   Is Coach Lewis the guy who can develop the right game plans, choose the right coaching staff, and actually get these players to produce to their fullest potential?  Is Coach Lewis capable of winning on a consistent basis and getting past an 8 and 8 record each year?

And here is the final question, and the grand daddy of them all.  Even if Mike Brown thought the answer was no to most of these questions, would Mike Brown as the Owner of the Bengals have the foresight, courage, and the commitment to winning to let Marvin Lewis go in order to bring in a better coach, and I did say better coach, not more economical coach?  Would he be willing to give up the money it would cost him to pull the trigger on Coach Lewis and his average to below average performances?

I will leave this up to Bengals fans to answer. 

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