{"id":8274,"date":"2014-01-08T11:43:38","date_gmt":"2014-01-08T16:43:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/tireball.com\/nfl\/?p=8274"},"modified":"2014-01-08T11:43:38","modified_gmt":"2014-01-08T16:43:38","slug":"bengals-head-coach-supports-andy-dalton","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/tireball.com\/nfl\/2014\/01\/08\/bengals-head-coach-supports-andy-dalton\/","title":{"rendered":"Bengals head coach supports Andy Dalton"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><figure id=\"attachment_5864\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5864\" style=\"width: 594px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/tireball.com\/nfl\/files\/2013\/10\/andydalton.jpg\" alt=\"getty images\" width=\"594\" height=\"413\" class=\"size-full wp-image-5864\" srcset=\"http:\/\/tireball.com\/nfl\/files\/2013\/10\/andydalton.jpg 594w, http:\/\/tireball.com\/nfl\/files\/2013\/10\/andydalton-300x208.jpg 300w, http:\/\/tireball.com\/nfl\/files\/2013\/10\/andydalton-50x34.jpg 50w, http:\/\/tireball.com\/nfl\/files\/2013\/10\/andydalton-70x50.jpg 70w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 594px) 100vw, 594px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-5864\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">getty images<\/figcaption><\/figure><br \/>\nLast Sunday the Cincinnati Bengals fell to 0-5 in the playoffs under head coach Marvin Lewis and 0-3 with quarterback Andy Dalton.<\/p>\n<p>The Bengals finished the 2013 regular season 11-5 but were handed another first round loss by San Diego.<\/p>\n<p>Set to begin his 12th season as Bengals head coach Lewis is sticking by his quarterback, maybe because he knows its his only hope going forward.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe\u2019s won big games for us and he\u2019ll continue to win big games. We ask a lot out of him, there\u2019s no doubt about it. He just finished his third season of doing it. I believe in his abilities, I believe in his makeup, I believe in his maturity and I believe in his ability to let the last play go and move on to the next play. That\u2019s probably one of his best attributes along with his abilities,\u201d Lewis told Bengals.com. &#8220;He had another very good season. He\u2019s progressed well. We need to continue to do things to make his job just easier and easier to do, and make sure to continue to be repetitive with what we do for him, and continue to let the players around him continue to get better, and they continue to get better and that\u2019s all we have to work at.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Likewise Dalton defended his abilities and threw support behind his head coach.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I think everybody knows what I\u2019ve been able to do here, what we\u2019ve been able to do since I\u2019ve been here as a team. And so I think I\u2019ve got a lot of confidence in the stuff Marvin has been telling me. I expect to be here for a long time. I\u2019m hoping that is the case. I\u2019ve got a good relationship with Marvin; he\u2019s been telling me a lot of good stuff. Yeah, it\u2019s unfortunate that we lost but we\u2019ve been able to improve every year that I\u2019ve been here.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Last Sunday the Cincinnati Bengals fell to 0-5 in the playoffs under head coach Marvin Lewis and 0-3 with quarterback Andy Dalton. The Bengals finished the 2013 regular season 11-5 but were handed another first round loss by San Diego. 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