The have gone 24 years without a postseason victory, the NFL's longest active streak of ignominy."I want to hand Mike the trophy," Lewis said Tuesday, via the Cincinnati Enquirer's Paul Daugherty, "." Although the 13th-year head coach in April, he was not joking about the sunset, Daugherty added.Since the 1970 merger, Lewis and r Chuck Noll are the only head coaches Justin Smoak Jersey to last 12 consecutive seasons in one organization without a appearance. Whereas Noll's four Lombardi Trophies in the 1970s provided bulletproof job security, Lewis shares the worst playoff record (0-6) in NFL history.To Lewis' credit, he has managed to compile a 100-96-2 record, which stands in stark contrast to the combined 55-149 (.270) mark for all other coaches under Brown."Marvin Lewis ," NFL Media analyst and former safety Solomon Wilcots recently expre sed to 's Dan Hanzus. "This team was at the bottom of the ocean when he came in. They are (now) a perennial playoff team."Lewis and his coaching staff have a sumed more control over personnel matters in recent years, with Brown gradually ."I know what's important to him, he knows what's important to me," Lewis explained. "Not (about) players, not nece sarily football. The evolution of the building, the transition we've made."The were surfacing from over a decade of futility as one of the most embarra sing franchises in profe sional sports when Lewis was hired.He might have raised the Titanic, but his team has conjured up a different brand of "laughingstock" -- as offensive coordinator Hue Jackson -- for the annual rite of January when they lose on the first weekend of the playoffs.Armed with that coaching intern T.J. Houshmandzadeh has to the franchise record-breaking 2005 squad that ended a 14-year streak without a winning record, Lewis is cautiously optimistic about his chances this season."We're good enough," Lewis said, "but we have to play good enough."If the play up to Lewis' expectations, he won't be walking the halls of Paul Brown Stadium next season. If they bow out again in the Wild Card round of the playoffs, on the other hand, don't be surprised if it's who in 2016."The only thing holding Cincinnati back is ," one NFL scout recently opined to Bleacher Report. "That's a fact. He's ."The latest Podcast and debates which veteran players are most likely to be cut. Aaron Sanchez Jersey