The Bengals Switched Scouting Practices in 2015

[*psychdoctor*]

Fox 5 year ratings for team's drafts.  

https://www.foxsports.com/nfl/gallery/nfl-draft-teams-picks-draft-records-ranked-2012-present-030117

Bengals are about average.  


ESPN 10 year ratings of "boom or bust" players for NFL teams...
This is not surprising.  
https://www.espn.com/blog/nflnation/post/_/id/273135/boom-or-bust-10-years-of-the-best-and-worst-draft-picks-for-every-nfl-team

USA Today's AV ratings for teams over the last 5 years.  AV = Approximate Value metric.  This formula compares where a player was picked versus where a player was ranked in each draft.  This is similar to baseball's WAR (wins above replacement) stat.

Bengals are rated 24th which is near the bottom over the last 5 years...

https://ftw.usatoday.com/2017/04/nfl-draft-performance-grades-best-drafting-teams-picks-classes-2012-2016

Don't laugh too hard but Bodine was considered MVP.  

Dennard and Kirkpatrick are least valuable picks.

Bengals were rated ABOVE LAR.  Browns were rated last in league.