Bengals fire OC Zampese, name QB coach Lazor as replacement

The Cincinnati Bengals fired offensive coordinator Ken Zampese after two games without a touchdown.

NFL Network's Ian Rapoport was the first to report the story.

Zampese will be replaced by Bill Lazor, who served as the Bengals' quarterbacks coach.

"I am grateful for this opportunity to serve the Bengals organization as offensive coordinator," Lazor said in a statement released by the team. "There is a lot of football ahead of us this season and we are excited to make this a productive year."

Bengals head coach Marvin Lewis also released a statement:

"Ken Zampese has done a tremendous job for us for my 15 years here, and I have the utmost respect for Ken as a person and as a coach. But I feel it best for the football team to breathe new life into the offense, and that's why I am making the change. Bill Lazor has great experience in the league and as a coordinator, and I feel Bill can progress our offense the way we need. We have a lot of talent on offense, and we need to keep working to take full advantage of the personnel we have."

Cincinnati has scored a total of nine points through two games in one of the most futile starts to a season in recent memory.

Zampese was promoted to offensive coordinator in 2016. He was the team's quarterbacks coach from 2003-2015, working with Jon Kitna and Carson Palmer prior to developing Andy Dalton.

Several Bengals players expressed frustration with the offensive game plan following Thursday's 13-9 loss to the Houston Texans, including standout receiver A.J. Green.