 The following season, the Bengals finished with another losing record and missed the playoffs again, the first time in Marvin Lewis' tenure as head coach that the team finished with consecutive losing seasons.Lewis and the Bengals agreed on a two-year contract extension following the season after much speculation otherwise.The Bengals started with a 4–1 record, but stumbled the rest of the season to a 6–10 record, once again missing the postseason.