Since the 2009 season, however, the team has been moving in the right direction. They traded disgruntled quarterback and former first-overall draft pick Carson Palmer to the Oakland Raiders in 2011, turning to then-rookie second-round pick Andy Dalton instead.[7] Since then, the Bengals have made the playoffs each season, ranking highly among NFL teams in win totals.[8] The Bengals drafts are also highly touted, leading to a consistency that had long escaped the franchise, Coach Marvin Lewis is now the second-longest tenured head coach in the NFL, behind the New England Patriots' Bill Belichick.
The Bengals are one of the 13 NFL teams to not have won a Super Bowl as of the 2014 season.