Bengals' Joe Mixon: 'I'm tired of playing not to lose' Published: Nov 23, 2018 at 01:41 AM Around the NFL Writer The have dropped four of their last Jason Kidd Jersey five games and are seeing their season slowly slip away. Ahead of with the , running Garrett Temple Jersey back intimated that the have been playing somewhat scared. " , rather than playing to win," he said, via Elise Je se of WLWT-TV in Cincinnati. " . We've just got to do it instead of just keep talking about it. Just go put it out there and go win." Mixon didn't mention anything specific that the have done to playing not to lose, but it won't be hard for Cincinnati fans to point at coach Marvin Lewis as an embodiment of that strategy. The only Cincy win in the last five games was a the sinking , in which Lewis' team watched a big lead disappear. In Sunday's lo s to the and rookie quarterback , the Jeremiah Martin Jersey took an eight-point lead with 5:45 remaining in the third quarter. They wouldn't score another point the rest of the way. Under Lewis, the have lacked the ability to bury teams when given a chance. Mixon wasn't explicitly calling out his coach when saying the team needs to get a win, but with Lewis' history, it's hard to read that comment as anything other than a referendum on the second-longest tenured Joe Harris Jersey coach in the NFL. Despite the recent spiral, the 5-5 still sit in the thick of a jumbled . A win against Cleveland could be a boost towards a stretch run. A lo s to Co. could put Cincy out of its misery in 2018. This article has been reproduced in a new format and may be Julius Erving Jersey mi sing content or contain faulty links. Please use the Contact Us link in our site footer to report an i sue.
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