Cincinnati Bengals do not plan to fire Marvin Lewis

Another playoff loss does not necessarily mean that Cincinnati Bengals coach Marvin Lewis will lose his job.

The Bengals are not planning to make a coaching change, ESPN reported Sunday, after the team's latest playoff failure -- an 18-16 loss to the Pittsburgh Steelers in an AFC wild-card game on Saturday night in Cincinnati.

Lewis is the first coach in NFL history with an 0-7 postseason record. The 57-year-old Lewis has held the job since 2003 and has a 112-94 record during the regular season but has never won a playoff game. The Bengals' last postseason win came 25 years ago -- the longest drought for any NFL team.

The Bengals frittered away a late lead against the Steelers after linebacker Vontaze Burfict and cornerback Adam Jones were whistled for penalties in the final minute that put Pittsburgh in position to kick the winning field goal.

The Bengals, the AFC North champions, finished the regular season with a 12-4 record. But they played Saturday's game without starting quarterback Andy Dalton (broken thumb).

They rallied from a 15-0 deficit in the second half to take the lead in the fourth quarter.

But running back Jeremy Hill lost a fumble while Cincinnati was trying to run out the clock. Then came the penalties against Burfict for unnecessary roughness on a hit against Steelers wide receiver Antonio Brown and against Jones for unsportsmanlike conduct during an on-field skirmish while Brown was being attended to by trainers.

The two 15-yard penalties put the Steelers in position for Chris Boswell to kick a 35-yard field goal to win the game, sending them to an AFC divisional matchup next weekend against the Denver Broncos.

Burfict could be facing a league suspension for his hit on Brown, ESPN reported.

"We destructed on ourselves," Lewis said.