Chuck Bresnahan and the Double Axe

This season was not quite as bad as one of the Bengal's seasons of the 90's. Back then, Bengals fans would have popped some bubbly with a season of 7-9. This year, however, it's quite the cause for concern and has definitely gotten the attention of the Bengals head coach Marvin Lewis.

This was the first year the Bengals actually took a step backwards since he took over the helm. For a team with that much talent on offense (Carson Palmer, TJ, Ocho-Cinco, etc.) and first round draft picks on defense, they sank as fast as the Titanic.

It was all to close to a faint view of the past. It's nice to see that Lewis recognizes this and can see the need for a change.

"There's got to be revisions in things we do. There's got to be an urgency, and sweeping it clean" Lewis said Monday.

With the defense finishing near the bottom of the league, that's where the changes started today as defensive coordinator Chuck Bresnahan was fired. Bresnahan came to the Bengals via the Oakland Raiders where he also served as defensive coordinator. He has had a four year stint with the Bengals since and three of those four years has been as the defensive coordinators.

The changes didn't stop there though, linebackers coach Ricky Hunley was also fired. Hunley had been the Bengals' linebackers coach for the past five seasons.

I wouldn't expect that the changes are over for the Bengals though as Lewis knows there are more tough decisions to make with an offense that went stale having only scored less than 20 points in four of the last five games.