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Lewis vows changes on offense; Chad divorce impending?
By GEOFF HOBSON
Posted 40 minutes ago
Vowing to establish an elusive identity with an overhaul of the offense, head coach Marvin Lewis said Thursday he'll provide enough revision to bring the Bengals another AFC North title.
"I will fix us. We will get back to the top of this division," said Lewis in a wide-ranging interview before the Bengals leave Sunday to coach the North in the Under Armour Senior Bowl. "What upsets me is I can't tell who we are. My disappointment is I can't tell you what we are. The key to offense is to be offensive and stay offensive. What we are is a big statement. It has to be all encompassing."
Lews indicated that he wants to streamline an offense with a scheme that does less better.
"We've been all over the board a little bit too much and I think we have to focus in on what we are and what we're going to be and how we're going to do it," he said. "The most effective offensive teams in the league do things over and over again and they build upon that. More with less."
The first evident personnel change is that he said there will be one and maybe two fullbacks on the roster after they played most of last season without one. He also said the club needs Andre Smith
to play right tackle even though he can play guard.
Lewis didn't rule out changes to the coaching staff when asked if the personnel that gets on the plane to Mobile, Ala., is going to be the staff that coaches this season. Although he understands the fans' anger in the wake of the 4-12 season, he also didn't want to provide scapegoats and he doesn't want to change the system completely because of the uncertainty of the labor situation
"I think we still have a chance for change," Lewis said of the staff. "I still think we have an opportunity to revise things.
"They're clamoring for heads and I understand that. I'm not ready to give them heads and we'll see what happens. I understand the frustration," said Lewis, but he also said he has no idea when he'll see his team again with the collective bargaining agreement set to expire March 4. "Minimal (staff changes) might make things better, more productive. How do you get up and going? You have to be prepared…A new system, a new nomenclature is harder."
Lewis wouldn't elaborate on wide receiver Chad Ochocinco's future with the club even though everyone expects it is none. He did offer a shot that indicates an impending divorce in the wake of The Ocho's coded tweets this past weekend wondering about a marriage with New England coach Bill Belichick.
"Nobody was talking about him. He didn't stand that," Lewis said. "You want them to talk about you, win football games."
By GEOFF HOBSON
Posted 40 minutes ago
Vowing to establish an elusive identity with an overhaul of the offense, head coach Marvin Lewis said Thursday he'll provide enough revision to bring the Bengals another AFC North title.
"I will fix us. We will get back to the top of this division," said Lewis in a wide-ranging interview before the Bengals leave Sunday to coach the North in the Under Armour Senior Bowl. "What upsets me is I can't tell who we are. My disappointment is I can't tell you what we are. The key to offense is to be offensive and stay offensive. What we are is a big statement. It has to be all encompassing."
Lews indicated that he wants to streamline an offense with a scheme that does less better.
"We've been all over the board a little bit too much and I think we have to focus in on what we are and what we're going to be and how we're going to do it," he said. "The most effective offensive teams in the league do things over and over again and they build upon that. More with less."
The first evident personnel change is that he said there will be one and maybe two fullbacks on the roster after they played most of last season without one. He also said the club needs Andre Smith
to play right tackle even though he can play guard.Lewis didn't rule out changes to the coaching staff when asked if the personnel that gets on the plane to Mobile, Ala., is going to be the staff that coaches this season. Although he understands the fans' anger in the wake of the 4-12 season, he also didn't want to provide scapegoats and he doesn't want to change the system completely because of the uncertainty of the labor situation
"I think we still have a chance for change," Lewis said of the staff. "I still think we have an opportunity to revise things.
"They're clamoring for heads and I understand that. I'm not ready to give them heads and we'll see what happens. I understand the frustration," said Lewis, but he also said he has no idea when he'll see his team again with the collective bargaining agreement set to expire March 4. "Minimal (staff changes) might make things better, more productive. How do you get up and going? You have to be prepared…A new system, a new nomenclature is harder."
Lewis wouldn't elaborate on wide receiver Chad Ochocinco
's future with the club even though everyone expects it is none. He did offer a shot that indicates an impending divorce in the wake of The Ocho's coded tweets this past weekend wondering about a marriage with New England coach Bill Belichick."Nobody was talking about him. He didn't stand that," Lewis said. "You want them to talk about you, win football games."
