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CLEVELAND (AP) — Marvin Lewis spent about 60 seconds summing up his team’s latest loss. Hue Jackson was nowhere to be found.At this point Womens Vontaze Burfict Jersey , there’s not much left to say — the Cincinnati Bengals are a mess.A last-place mess.By losing for the sixth time in seven games, the Bengals locked up their first finish at the bottom of the AFC North since 2011 on Sunday with a 26-18 defeat to the Cleveland Browns, who swept the season series between the Ohio rivals and continued the biggest turnaround in franchise history.The Bengals, meanwhile, are spiraling downward.“It is very frustrating,” said running back Joe Mixon, the team’s only healthy, legitimate offensive threat. “I have never been a part of a losing program. I am never going to get comfortable with being part of it. At the end of the day, I am going to take it for what it is this year, build, and try to get better and get ready for next year. We still have another week coming up. It is a big one. I promise you, we are not going to be in this for long — and that is a fact.”After a 4-1 start, the Bengals (6-9) were envisioning another probable playoff run under Lewis before the bottom dropped out.Now, owner Mike Brown has to have legitimate concerns about his team’s direction after the Browns (7-7-1), who thumped the Bengals last month in Cincinnati, built a 26-3 lead before giving up a pair of late touchdowns that made the scoreboard look more respectable than anything that happened on the field.Of course, there are reasons for Cincinnati’s collapse, starting with season-ending injuries to quarterback Andy Dalton and star receiver A.J. Green. However, there’s no justification for minus-15 yards passing in the first half, blown coverages Jordan Willis Jersey , missed tackles or mental mistakes.The mood bordered on anger in the Bengals’ locker room afterward. This is not where they wanted to be.“It is what it is,” Mixon said. “People can make a lot of excuses on why we finished last. At the end of the day, we have to come to work every day to work. If you are not doing that, you are not going to get the results you want. For me, I’m going to keep on coming, ready to play for 60 minutes each and every week and finish this last week strong.”Quarterback Jeff Driskel, who threw a pair of TD passes in a two-minute stretch in the fourth, said it’s time for Bengals players to be accountable.“I don’t think you look at the roster. I think you have to look at yourself, ‘What can I do better to prevent this in the weeks and seasons to come?,'” said Driskel, who had just 3 yards passing in the first half. “Obviously, we came into the season thinking that we were going to be able to win this division. We go into every game thinking that we’re going to win the football game. So, we have to find a way to win tight football games. We have one more this season, and we’re going to do everything we can to get a win so we can end the season on a win.”For Jackson, his return to Cleveland couldn’t have gone much worse.Fired on Oct. 29 after winning just three of 40 games in two-plus seasons with the Browns, Jackson was re-hired by Lewis as a special assistant. It may only be a coincidence, but the Bengals’ crash began shortly after Jackson’s arrival.With the Browns clinging to their eight-point lead, rookie quarterback Baker Mayfield completed a daring, game-clinching, 66-yard pass to tight end David Njoku and then jogged down the field staring in Jackson’s direction. Mayfield was angered by Jackson’s decision to join a division rival so soon after his Cleveland tenure ended.It was the final insult on a day of them for the Bengals Womens Vincent Rey Jersey , who may have to deal with Mayfield for another decade.“I’ve been playing Baker for years,” Bengals defensive end Sam Hubbard said. “He’s a competitive dude and he talks a lot, but obviously he backs it up. The way to get him to quiet down is to beat him, and that’s what we have to do.” Zac Taylor and Lou Anarumo are partnering up once more to lead the Bengals into a new era."WhiteFanposts Fanshots Sections #BITESIZEFilm RoomRoster Transactions and ContractsOrange & Black InsiderSalary Cap And CBABreaking NewsKeep track of the 2019 Bengals draft脳Bengals DC Lou Anarumo bided his time for a perfect opportunityNew,12commentsZac Taylor and Lou Anarumo are partnering up once more to lead the Bengals into a new era.ESTShareTweetShareShareBengals DC Lou Anarumo bided his time for a perfect opportunityAP Photo/Wilfredo LeeIn 30 years, the Bengals’ freshly hired defensive coordinator Lou Anarumo has coached a lot of football. In his three decades worth of experience, he’s been a defensive coordinator for 10% of that time, and hasn’t been one for 25 years. It’s been a long time coming for the New York native to see his extensive work as an assistant pay off in the form of a meaningful promotion. Opportunity is not congruent for everyone, it doesn’t even knock for everyone listening. The grind is something Anarumo has a better grasp on than most do, and his patience has now paid off. Call it nepotism, cronyism, whatever you like. Anarumo wasn’t the first choice by head coach Zac Taylor and the Bengals’ organization for the job, that much is obvious. It certainly helped Anarumo’s case that his first promotion at the NFL level was granted by a former colleague of four years. “He built a great relationship with his players and then was able to demand the best from them,” Taylor told reporters on Thursday. “As a quarterback coach that went against his DBs and then as a coordinator that went against his defense, I always saw great detail in the technique and the back end always did a great job of communication. That starts with the DBs coach and then the coordinator, when he was the coordinator. I always thought the world of Lou. When you’re on the opposite side of the ball and you go against him every single day, it was clear cut he was a good teacher, a good communicator and sound with his scheme when he became a coordinator.”The Bengals fired their offensive coordinator and defensive coordinator in the middle of back-to-back seasons in 2017 and 2018, respectively. The 2015 Miami Dolphins did it in the span of seven weeks. It just so happens that the interim replacements, Taylor and Anarumo Shawn Williams Jersey White , find themselves in nearly the same roles half a decade later with another franchise. Anarumo valued that brief working experience.“We would talk all the time.” Anarumo said. “He’d come down to my office and, ‘OK, what are they trying to do with this coverage?’ Or, ‘what’s this defense?’ I would go to his office and, you know, kind of go back and forth about the different schemes and how, ‘Hey Zac, how did you see this? Where’s the quarterback’s reads?’ That kind of stuff helps. It helps the players, it helps you as a coach and Zac has always been a detailed guy. He’s always been a guy that’s too the letter of the law in terms of staying on his guys and just an overall great guy and really polished and it’s a great opportunity to get a chance to work with him again.”Anarumo fits the bill of what Taylor’s hires this offseason have been. Nearly all of the newly hired assistants have previously worked with Taylor in some capacity, but as an offensive coach, it was easier bringing assistants from that side of the ball. Anarumo and Taylor were known associates of the past, but it took nearly three weeks for the hire to happen. Taylor is not concerned about the timing though.“Again, it’s just about the right people. There’s plenty of really good coaches out there, we just had to find the right one that fit what we wanted to do, and we found that with Lou.”With Anarumo in the fold, that leaves just a couple more vacancies on Taylor’s staff that need to be filled. But the NFL waits for nobody. Despite essentially a complete overhaul of the staff, the Bengals’ scouting process has not changed. Taylor’s staff will now be charged to accelerate their roster evaluations to prepare themselves for the draft circuit that’s already begun and will kick into high gear next week at the NFL Scouting Combine. The Bengals have their defensive coordinator in Anarumo, now the real work begins.