Is Marvin Lewis a much better coach than what he gets credit for?

[Calzone Lord]

He's survived in Cincy for a long time now, when that place was a pit of hell before he got there.

His owner is a freaking cheapskate. He reportedly does a lot of annoying little things like charging players for gatorade instead of buying it for them.

Unlike most every other team, they let their top free agents getaway. Imagine how good the Bengals defense would be if they didn't let both Justin Smith and Johnathon Joseph get away?

Every year, the Bengals seem to lead the NFL in salary cap space. They're an NFL best $54 million under the cap again this year.

The guy has withstood a tightwad owner and decade long bad losing tradition the Bengals had...and that team has made the playoffs two years in a row playing in the same division as Pittsburgh and Baltimore.

A lot of people think he is a sh!t coach though, for some reason. Never really understood why. He's had useful QB's in Carson Palmer and Andy Dalton...but he's not a coach who gets completely carried by top flight QB play.