April 2017 - Cincinnati Bengals Wiretap

Marvin Lewis To Leave Bengals At End Of Season

Dec 17, 2017 10:30 AM

Marvin Lewis is planning on leaving the Cincinnati Bengals at the end of the current season.

Lewis willingly allowed to enter 2017 on the final year of his contract.

Lewis is likely to be a candidate for several upcoming head coaching jobs.

Lewis would be interested in working in another team's front office or as a coaching adviser for a former Bengals assistant coach who has gone on to become a head coach, such as Mike Zimmer

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Infographic: Five Teams Rank In Top-10 In Offense, Defense DVOA

Dec 13, 2017 12:29 PM

The NFL has five teams ranking in the top-10 in DVOA on both Offense and Defense after Week 14. In an indication of how much turnover there's been in parts of the NFL, none of those five teams (Rams, Eagles, Vikings, Saints and Chargers) made the playoffs in 2016.

The Chiefs, Cowboys, Steelers, Falcons and Patriots also rank in the top-10 on offense, while the Jaguars, Broncos, Panthers, Ravens and Cardinals rank in the top-10 on defense.

The Seahawks, who have consistently been one of the NFL's top teams in DVOA during the Russell Wilson era, are just outside the top-10 in both categories.

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Juju Smith-Schuster, George Iloka Receive One Game Suspensions

Dec 5, 2017 2:41 PM

Pittsburgh Steelers wide receiver JuJu Smith-Schuster and Cincinnati Bengals safety George Iloka were each suspended one game for hits in Monday's game.

Smith-Schuster was suspended for a vicious fourth-quarter block on Bengals linebacker Vontaze Burfict, who was deemed in the NFL's ruling to be in a defenseless posture.

"The contact you made with your opponent placed the opposing player at risk of serious injury and could have been avoided," NFL vice president of football operations Jon Runyan said in issuing the suspension. "Your conduct following the hit fell far below the high standards of sportsmanship expected of an NFL player."

Ioka was suspended for a hit on Antonio Brown in the end zone in the fourth quarter

ESPN

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Ryan Shazier Won't Need Surgery, Will Remain In Hospital

Dec 5, 2017 9:21 AM

Ryan Shazier underwent an MRI and a CT scan at the University of Cincinnati Medical Center after suffering a back injury early in the first quarter of Monday night's Pittsburgh Steelers-Cincinnati Bengals game.

Shazier suffered the injury in the first quarter and left the stadium in an ambulance.

The injury will not require surgery and the club hopes he'll return to Pittsburgh on Tuesday.

"Our thoughts and prayers go out to him," Mike Tomlin said immediately after the game. "He's receiving quality medical care."

Jeremy Fowler/ESPN

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