It's also the second time in two weeks that Cincinnati replaced a coordinator with an in-house candidate. They elevated running backs coach Hue Jackson to offensive coordinator after Jay Gruden was hired by the Redskins as head coach.
"We're going to have some new coaches, and it's great for us," coach Marvin Lewis said on Thursday. "Some new blood,Andre Smith Jersey, some new energy. Because we can't be the same. We don't get to be the same. We've got to be better in 2014 than we were in '13, and that's what our quest is right away."