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Christmas Letters from all 32 NFL teams

By Jeremy Lambert

A Dallas Cowboys fan displays her Christmas wish before a game against the Oakland Raiders on Sunday, Dec. 17, 2017 at Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum in Oakland, Calif. (Rodger Mallison/Fort Worth Star-Telegram/TNS via Getty Images)
A Dallas Cowboys fan displays her Christmas wish before a game against the Oakland Raiders on Sunday, Dec. 17, 2017 at Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum in Oakland, Calif. (Rodger Mallison/Fort Worth Star-Telegram/TNS via Getty Images) /
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Marvin Lewis, Cincinnati Bengals
CINCINNATI, OH – DECEMBER 10: Head coach Marvin Lewis of the Cincinnati Bengals looks on prior to the game against the Chicago Bears at Paul Brown Stadium on December 10, 2017 in Cincinnati, Ohio. (Photo by John Grieshop/Getty Images) /

Dear Marvin Lewis,

Thank you for your years of service to the Cincinnati Bengals organization. I’m 15-years-old and you’ve been the head coach ever since I started watching football. My parents are die hard Bengals fans and they don’t understand why you’re still the coach, but I think it makes perfect sense.

You’re a good coach.

You have made the playoffs seven times, have developed two great quarterbacks and two Hall of Fame receivers, and have only finished last in the division just once since 2003. Why shouldn’t you be the head coach?

My parents like to criticize you because you haven’t won a playoff game, but neither have they. I don’t think they understand how tough it is to win a playoff game in the NFL. You can have a 28-3 lead and still lose.

I just wanted to write you to say that you’re doing a good job. It takes talent to manage the players like you do. You don’t let the players get out of line like those hooligans in Pittsburgh. I think upper management has failed you with the players they’ve signed and drafted, but you always get the best out of bad players. How many Bengals players have succeeded outside of Cincinnati?

That’s a genuine question for you. My parents only allow me to watch Bengals football. Something about keeping me humble and protecting me from knowing too much.

I just wanted to say to keep on coaching, coach.

Top gift choice: For you to remain the Bengals head coach forever
Second choice: A playoff win

Signed, Steve Cook

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