Can We Win With Our Small Scouting Department?

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A bigger issue then our current scouting department is/has been the lack of supplementing our roster via trades or free agency. If you look at the Pats drafts over the past decade they had many years that were complete busts, every team does. But the Bengals always roll with the draft picks even when they are not going to pan out. Cutting Brian Hill last year and keeping Walton is a perfect example. Not to mention Og or even Margus Hunt. We keep theses players even though there are better options in the open market or available by trade. We damn well knew Og and Fisher were potential busts at the time we let Whit and Zietler go.

Mikey seems to take pride in the fact we are always tops in the league in number of draft picks that play for our team. Useless stat when you never win a playoff game.

To me, the scouting staff with Tobin running it has improved greatly over say the last 10 years but that is just one piece of the puzzle. The other pieces are free agents and coaching. With the coaching overall we will have to see if that has improved. Free Agency , we will have to see but it does not mean a huge splash, it just means filling spots where you have weaknesses.