After Disappointing 2016 Season Bengals Must Consider Life Beyond Andy Dalton

December 2, 2016   ·   Gary Davenport   ·   Jump to comments

To say that the 2016 season hasn't gone according to plan for the Cincinnati Bengals is one whopper of an understatement. A campaign that began amid hopes of a sixth straight playoff trip and first postseason win in over two decades now sits in tatters at 3-7-1.
As the disappointment sinks in in the Queen City, so has the realization that there's going to have to be a new plan. Things that seemed inconceivable only a few short months ago are now real possibilities.
Odds are as good as not that Marvin Lewis will be shown the door at season's end. And while the Bengals are mulling whether the NFL's second-longest tenured head coach is really the man to lead the team from the sidelines, there's something else they need to consider...
Maybe quarterback Andy Dalton isn't the guy to do so between the lines either.
After the Bengals fell 19-14 in Week 12 (the fifth loss in their last seven games), Lewis allowed to reporters (via the team's website) that every Cincinnati pl...

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