Bengals1181 Posted March 19, 2013 Report Share Posted March 19, 2013 Geoff Hobson @GeoffHobsonCin Lewis sitting down for his 11th media breakfast as #Bengals head coach. Only Belichick has been at more with same club.Geoff Hobson @GeoffHobsonCin At some point in this draft #Bengals take a running back Lewis says.Geoff Hobson @GeoffHobsonCin Lewis has no update on #Bengals talks with Andre SmithGeoff Hobson @GeoffHobsonCin Lewis' big take away from last season: Be more consistent...running the ball and playing on third down.Geoff Hobson @GeoffHobsonCin Lewis says if don't get Smith done, "We'll move on....I know he wants to get it done."Geoff Hobson @GeoffHobsonCin Lewis on being in one place so long: We live in an (ever-changing) society...we have great continuity on coaching staffGeoff Hobson @GeoffHobsonCin What he tells players in order to keep continuity: The grass isn't always greener. Every team is different.Geoff Hobson @GeoffHobsonCin How long do you want to stay in it? It's time to win a championship...let's keep it in the division. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bengals1181 Posted March 19, 2013 Author Report Share Posted March 19, 2013 Geoff Hobson @GeoffHobsonCin Lewis on Burfict maybe moving to MLB: I would doubt it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bengals1181 Posted March 19, 2013 Author Report Share Posted March 19, 2013 all depends on the draft IMO. I bet Te'o, Minter, and Brown are in play for MLB. Geoff Hobson @GeoffHobsonCin Lewis indicated that he'd keep Maualuga in middle and Tez at WILL, but he also said I don't know a couple of times. Geoff Hobson @GeoffHobsonCin Lewis on read option: Those guys getting $10M to rush the passer, it's a different game. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bengals1181 Posted March 19, 2013 Author Report Share Posted March 19, 2013 Gerry Dulac @gerrydulac Mike Tomlin on AFC North: "How the North unfolds is how AFC unfolds. We believe its as tough a division as it is in football."Geoff Hobson @GeoffHobsonCin Lewis' definition of a physical team: It's a culture...during The Lockout the guys up front took over the team.Geoff Hobson @GeoffHobsonCin How physical is the AFC North? Very. We got two behemoaths at QB and our little guy and Weeden's a big guy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nkywestside Posted March 19, 2013 Report Share Posted March 19, 2013 I agree. Rey backs up one of them and transitions back to SLB. What I don't get in all of this Marvin speak is his desire then to reup Howard. I think they are intent on keeping Burfict at WLB no matter what happens. Howard healthy is a starter and I don't see him playing the middle if they don't get their guy. all depends on the draft IMO. I bet Te'o, Minter, and Brown are in play for MLB. Geoff Hobson @GeoffHobsonCin Lewis indicated that he'd keep Maualuga in middle and Tez at WILL, but he also said I don't know a couple of times. Geoff Hobson @GeoffHobsonCin Lewis on read option: Those guys getting $10M to rush the passer, it's a different game. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bengals1181 Posted March 19, 2013 Author Report Share Posted March 19, 2013 Geoff Hobson @GeoffHobsonCin Lewis on Rey and Burfict staying put: We're comfortable with where we are on defense. Rey did a good job managing kinder care out there Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bengals1181 Posted March 19, 2013 Author Report Share Posted March 19, 2013 Gerry Dulac @gerrydulac Tomlin on read option: "I think it's flavor of day. We w see if its flavor of year. see if guys r committed to getting their guys hit."Geoff Hobson @GeoffHobsonCin Lewis on Rey: Don't listen to the criticism. He's improved in all aspects.Joe Reedy @joereedy Lewis: "We'll be as critiquing as we need to be for Rey. We don't need anyone's help."Joe Reedy @joereedy Lewis on Maualuga: "For being a big, tough guy he is concerned about people liking him. He has to play through his responsibilities."Joe Reedy @joereedy Lewis on Smith: "When it happens, it will happen. If it doesn't we will move on and find a new guy."Joe Reedy @joereedy Lewis: "We need to be more consistent in making first downs, running the football."Geoff Hobson @GeoffHobsonCin Lewis on the changes in AFC North: Baltimore had plan in place. He says Ravens and Steelers will still be good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bengals1181 Posted March 19, 2013 Author Report Share Posted March 19, 2013 Geoff Hobson @GeoffHobsonCin Lewis says he's excited about growing number of veterans on his team that are passing on what they need to do to get over hump. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jamie_B Posted March 19, 2013 Report Share Posted March 19, 2013 Geoff Hobson @GeoffHobsonCin Lewis on the changes in AFC North: Baltimore had plan in place. He says Ravens and Steelers will still be good. I dont doubt they (the ravens) had a plan in place, I do doubt they anticipated as much turnover as they got, and dont think they could plan for that and that it will hurt them short term. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oldcat Posted March 19, 2013 Report Share Posted March 19, 2013 I dont doubt they (the ravens) had a plan in place, I do doubt they anticipated as much turnover as they got, and dont think they could plan for that and that it will hurt them short term. Of course, "Watch all your players leave and go 4-12 next year while crying quietly in the dark" is a plan... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bengals1181 Posted March 19, 2013 Author Report Share Posted March 19, 2013 Geoff Hobson @GeoffHobsonCin Lewis says he feels good about getting Jones TNewman signed Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jamie_B Posted March 19, 2013 Report Share Posted March 19, 2013 Of course, "Watch all your players leave and go 4-12 next year while crying quietly in the dark" is a plan... :lol: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JBandJoeyV Posted March 19, 2013 Report Share Posted March 19, 2013 Geoff Hobson @GeoffHobsonCin Lewis says he feels good about getting Jones TNewman signed Time to get jones Newman and Andre resigned within the next couple days. No excuses not to at this point. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SocalBengalEd Posted March 19, 2013 Report Share Posted March 19, 2013 all depends on the draft IMO. I bet Te'o, Minter, and Brown are in play for MLB. Geoff Hobson @GeoffHobsonCin Lewis indicated that he'd keep Maualuga in middle and Tez at WILL, but he also said I don't know a couple of times.Geoff Hobson @GeoffHobsonCin Lewis on read option: Those guys getting $10M to rush the passer, it's a different game. I think Teo and Minter are great, but imagine Maualuga at SLB, Minter in MLB, Burfict at Weakside that's essentially like having 3 middle backers out there. Crazy. Should be good against the run. Then play Howard n Lamur on passing downs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bengals1181 Posted March 19, 2013 Author Report Share Posted March 19, 2013 I think Teo and Minter are great, but imagine Maualuga at SLB, Minter in MLB, Burfict at Weakside that's essentially like having 3 middle backers out there. Crazy. Should be good against the run. Then play Howard n Lamur on passing downs. likely Howard OR Lamur. Always gonna have the MLB with the mic in his helmet on the field. I'd prefer Brown to Minter, better speed, which is what the unit is severely lacking. Brown may be a better fit at WLB, but I think he could play MLB. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SocalBengalEd Posted March 19, 2013 Report Share Posted March 19, 2013 I prefer brown or Hodges too, but sounds like they wanna keep Burfict at weak side Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bengals1181 Posted March 19, 2013 Author Report Share Posted March 19, 2013 Geoff Hobson @GeoffHobsonCin Another tidbit from Lewis: Says Sanu is so versatile he could start for #Bengals at FS. He won't, of course, and says he likes current Ss.Geoff Hobson @GeoffHobsonCin Best part of Lewis' Q and A was last. He thinks #Bengals draft four-starting caliber players, another reason restrained with UFAs Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jamie_B Posted March 19, 2013 Report Share Posted March 19, 2013 After that Redskins game Sanu for backup QB :ninja: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jason Posted March 19, 2013 Report Share Posted March 19, 2013 After that Redskins game Sanu for backup starting QB :ninja: Fixt. We know he can throw the deep ball accurately. :ninja: ? :lol: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jamie_B Posted March 19, 2013 Report Share Posted March 19, 2013 Fixt. We know he can throw the deep ball accurately. :ninja: ? :lol: I didnt want to start the QB controversy :ninja: :lol: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bengals1181 Posted March 19, 2013 Author Report Share Posted March 19, 2013 mike freeman @realfreemancbs Marvin Lewis was on fire.mike freeman @realfreemancbs One of my favorite parts about Marvin Lewis press conference. Bengals older veteran players banned Twitter last year at training camp...mike freeman @realfreemancbs I asked Lewis why. He said: "Young guys don't understand, no one cares what you're doing." Haha! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jamie_B Posted March 19, 2013 Report Share Posted March 19, 2013 mike freeman @realfreemancbs One of my favorite parts about Marvin Lewis press conference. Bengals older veteran players banned Twitter last year at training camp... Interesting, I thought that was Marvin's call. Nice to see the vets taking leadership on even the minor things. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bengals1181 Posted March 19, 2013 Author Report Share Posted March 19, 2013 Interesting, I thought that was Marvin's call. Nice to see the vets taking leadership on even the minor things. it was Marvin's idea, the vets decision. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blueridge Posted March 19, 2013 Report Share Posted March 19, 2013 I think Teo and Minter are great, but imagine Maualuga at SLB, Minter in MLB, Burfict at Weakside that's essentially like having 3 middle backers out there. Crazy. Should be good against the run. Then play Howard n Lamur on passing downs. No,that is having 3 MLBs out there. As long as the three guys out there are good football players, i could care less. Te'o, for instance can play inside or outside, and would be an excellent addition, Minter not so much. Geoff Hobson @GeoffHobsonCin Lewis says he feels good about getting Jones TNewman signed T. Newman and his agent amuse me. Their desperate attempt to get a bidding war started is just so transparent. I guess they deserve some credit for getting a second team involved, but I wouldn't mind if the Bengals just passed on Newman. Bengals were the only team willing to take a chance on the guy last year, and now are offering this guy playing time for a DC that knows him, respects him, and is willing to make him look good by not putting him in positions to fail. If Newman wants to go play for the Raiders, I hope he gets his wish. But he should be careful about what he wishes for. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bengals1181 Posted March 19, 2013 Author Report Share Posted March 19, 2013 turns out the Dalton article was crap. Most of those quotes were about Maualuga. Hobson nor Reedy have posted a single comment made by Marvin about Dalton outside of the joke about him not being big QB's like Ben and Flacco. PHOENIX--One of the elder statesmen of the NFL was on fire--his humor, smarts and sometimes smart ass attitude on full display. Marvin Lewis spoke about everything: winning, losing, Twitter, the Bengals, his quarterback, his coaching life, rules changes...everything. His press conference was one of the more interesting in what is normally a remarkably boring event. Some of Lewis' best moments during the breakfast with AFC coaches came when speaking of his quarterback, Andy Dalton. The situation with Dalton is among the most interesting storylines this offseason and into the regular one. It's fairly simple with Dalton and the Bengals. If Dalton can be more consistent, the Bengals can be a force in a brutal division. If Dalton continues down his path of one performing with excellence in one snap and looking like Mark Sanchez in the next, it will cost both Dalton and possibly Lewis their jobs. A settled Dalton means the Bengals are Super Bowl contenders (you read that right). A sorry Dalton means the Bengals are dead. Lewis provided a combination of defense and tough love for Dalton in blunt terms head coaches normally don't use. There was also affection and sarcasm. "We have two behemoth quarterbacks in our division," said Lewis, "and then our little guy." Dalton is "Andy just needs to keep being Andy," said Lewis. He added: "He just needs to keep playing and doing his thing. It's not his fault." When asked what Dalton needs to do Lewis, only half joking, said that Dalton "has to quit listening to you guys." Meaning the media. And Dalton has to get off Twitter, Lewis was asked? "(Leaving) Twitter would be good," Lewis said. (Lewis spoke of how last season veteran players banned the team from using Twitter. Said Lewis: "Young guys don't understand, no one cares what you're doing.") When asked why does it seem like the bulk of Bengals fans target Dalton, Lewis said, "Because they look st some dumbass website." (Lewis didn't specify which website but he couldn't possibly mean this one.) "He is his own worst enemy," said Lewis of Dalton. "He listens too much to what people say. For being such a big, tough guy he's too concerned about people liking him." (this quote is actually about Maualuga) Lewis is adding onto what he said last year about Dalton when he told the media: "We're looking for our quarterback and our middle linebacker to take hold of our football team. I think both guys are such good people, that you got to be a little bit of a dick." So Lewis used the meetings to continue that message to his quarterback. Be a d---. It's a risky gambit. Maybe this is who Dalton is and you can't change that and pushing to change that only makes matters worse. Clearly, Lewis feels he doesn't have a choice. Plenty of nice guys have finished first in the NFL so not sure it's a matter of Dalton's d---ness that's the factor. What Lewis has to focus on his Dalton's head. Or maybe this is semantics. Lewis wants Dalton to be mentally tougher and maybe part of that mental toughness is not giving a damn what a bunch of media foofs think. So Lewis will keep working Dalton and getting his head straight. And the second longest tenured head coach with one team (10 years), behind only Bill Belichick's 13, will also keep working. He made the Bengals relevant again. Now he has to make them champions and that begins or fails with Dalton. http://www.cbssports.com/nfl/blog/mike-freeman/21912844/marvin-lewis-faces-critical-year-for-his-quarterback Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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