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04-24-2003, 12:43 PM
In his first three months on a job that he plans to keep well beyond his initial five-year contract as an NFL head coach, Marvin Lewis has brought structure and discipline and single-mindedness of purpose to a Cincinnati Bengals franchise in dire need of all three of those precious commodities.
Now comes the most daunting challenge for the Bengals rookie coach: Trying to keep Mel, Boomer and Mort from giggling into their microphones when Cincinnati officially reveals on Saturday at noon the prospect it has chosen with the top pick in the draft.
"We will," promised Lewis earlier this week, "dispel another myth."
Given that the Bengals will choose Southern California quarterback and Heisman Trophy winner Carson Palmer, in a secret more poorly kept than the plans to attack Iraq, it could be difficult even for the ESPN draft moguls to heap criticism on a Cincinnati brain trust whose football acumen has been publicly derided for years.
http://sports.espn.go.com/nfldraft/columnist?id=1543354
Now comes the most daunting challenge for the Bengals rookie coach: Trying to keep Mel, Boomer and Mort from giggling into their microphones when Cincinnati officially reveals on Saturday at noon the prospect it has chosen with the top pick in the draft.
"We will," promised Lewis earlier this week, "dispel another myth."
Given that the Bengals will choose Southern California quarterback and Heisman Trophy winner Carson Palmer, in a secret more poorly kept than the plans to attack Iraq, it could be difficult even for the ESPN draft moguls to heap criticism on a Cincinnati brain trust whose football acumen has been publicly derided for years.
http://sports.espn.go.com/nfldraft/columnist?id=1543354