The Bengals made a big change to their coaching staff this week by firing defensive coordinator Teryl Austin and giving head coach Marvin Lewis control of the defense for the final seven games of the season.Lewis will call the plays for the first time against the team he worked for when he first gained attention as a head coaching candidate. Lewis was the defensive coordinator for the Ravens from 1996 to 2001 Authentic Justin Tucker Jersey , which makes for a nice detail as he returns to doing that job for the first time in nearly two decades.When Lewis was running the defense in Baltimore, there was a lot of quarterback shuffling with the Ravens and his former team is dealing with uncertainty at the position this week. Joe Flacco didn’t practice on Wednesday because of a hip injury, which means Robert Griffin III or Lamar Jackson could wind up starting this weekend. After giving up 2,117 yards and 158 points the last four weeks, Lewis said he’s focused on his team and not who will play quarterback for Baltimore.“Joe Flacco, as we know, is an outstanding quarterback Brent Urban Jersey 2019 ,” Lewis said. “And Lamar is going to be a good, young player in the NFL. We spent a lot of time with Lamar, but right now it’s about us, and that’s important.”The Bengals got a couple of defensive players back on the practice field Wednesday and it will likely be all hands on deck as Lewis tries to find a way to stop the bleeding with the Bengals still very much alive in the playoff race despite their recent defensive shortcomings. Apart from the opportunity that the Browns will have to knock the team that used to be the Browns out of the playoffs, Cleveland quarterback Baker Mayfield is close to matching, and breaking, an NFL record.With three touchdown passes against the Bengals in Cleveland’s sold-out regular-season home finale White Brent Urban Jersey , Mayfield pulled his total for the season to 24. With two more on Sunday in Baltimore, Mayfield will match the single-season rookie record of 26, held both by Peyton Manning and Russell Wilson. A third touchdown pass will give Mayfield the record to himself.Sunday’s win saw Mayfield complete 27 of 37 throws for 284 yards, no picks, and a passer rating of 121.9.He’s gotten to 24 despite not playing until a Week Three injury to Tyrod Taylor opened the door for the first overall pick in the draft. The fact that Mayfield wasn’t the Week One starter could be one of the reasons for Mayfield’s decision to stare down former Browns coach Hue Jackson and then to say, essentially, “Flick? Flick who?” when asked about it after the game Brandon Williams Jersey 2019 , suppressing all the while a grin that usually accompanies the figurative consumption of a substance that would normally inspire a much different facial expression, if consumed literally.But Mayfield probably doesn’t care about the record. He cares about the team, and the fact that it has a chance to finish his rookie year by winning six of seven games, doubling the win total that Jackson cobbled together in 40.Mayfield has that rare combination of extreme ability and off-the-charts confidence, along with charisma, moxie, attitude Trace McSorley Baltimore Ravens Jersey , and a dash or two of that wrong-side-of-the-bed dangerous that makes him compelling and intriguing and entertaining and one of the main reasons why we’ll see plenty of Browns games in prime time next year, and every year Mayfield plays in Cleveland.