01-10-2017, 07:57 PM
Re: draft board - Heh. Condition of visiting – no pictures
You guys are right – there are universal scouting services. I knew that, but forgot – especially since our guy Mike Nyerges made this cool draft video. He also has seen the board so this is the best anyone could give you about how the Bengals do things:
http://www.cincinnati.com/videos/sports/nfl/bengals/2016/04/25/83491154/
What's your workload like in the offseason? Decreased? Do you have to find other things to do?
Obviously it’s not as busy but we’re always working, basically. Think of Adam Jones being arrested literally 35 minutes into the first day of the offseason. We’ll do the podcast every week and have stories sprinkled throughout. Think about it: the NFL owns the calendar. For teams not in the playoffs you’ve got Senior Bowl in January, in February the Super Bowl is something Paul Dehner, Jr. will be at again, then the combine. March is free agency. April is the draft the start of voluntary workouts. Then camps start in May. OTAs and camps in June. The hard part is that we do have to find time for formal vacation and time off. Usually, that comes in July when the CBA mandates football shuts down. And somewhere in there we try to find time for fun assignments like these that really bring you coverage you can’t get anywhere else:
http://www.cincinnati.com/story/sports/nfl/bengals/2016/07/28/andy-dalton-bengals-quarterback-preseason-feature/87616566/
http://www.cincinnati.com/story/sports/nfl/bengals/2016/04/15/how-an-nfl-player-gets-ready-for-the-season-cincinnati-bengals-kevin-zeitler/83019518/
http://www.cincinnati.com/story/sports/nfl/bengals/2015/08/15/cincinnati-bengals-dre-kirkpatrick-next-sound-hear-might-guy-exploding/30898459/
Of course, we have lives and families and things we like to do and we try to find time for that too.
does any coach say more fluff without saying a damn thing than Marvin Lewis?
Heh. Some can be more open (i.e. Arians, Jackson) but really, most coaches don’t say anything when it comes to their teams/mistakes/adjustments or games. Mike Tomlin and John Harbaugh seems like they say stuff, but they really don’t.
1)Do you get the feeling that Marv has been doing this for so long that he doesn't take time to reflect of what HE needs to get better at? Over the last five years, I am not sure what he's got better at.
Every coach will tell you they also have to self-evaluate and get better. But, as the above answer hints at – he’s not really going to tell us what he think he needs to get better at. An example of things Lewis did to make his team better was start an overhaul of the nutritional and practice habits of the team – proven by the fact that the last two years the teams have been one of the least injured in the league. On-field improvements? It’s hard to judge a coach like Lewis that way especially because he doesn’t call plays on offense or defense. He has his fingers in everything, but he lets his coaches coach.
2) Do you think if Marv was in a bigger market, the media would eat him up? His comment about halftime adjustments being "journalist jargon" was unbelievable to hear.
We called him out on that on Beyond The Stripes the next day and basically said the same thing, that in-game adjustments are not as prevalent and/or important as “we” would like to think they are. I’m not sure about ‘eat him up.’ John Fox is in Chicago and he hems and haws and doesn’t say anything and is condescending on a regular basis. Bowles is so, so dry. I think McAdoo is, too. But New York treats them the way they do – because over there they have a different way to cover news and sports. In Cincinnati we don’t really drift into such things.
Do you think the Bengals will be active in external…… wait….. can't stop laughing…. free agency this offseason? LOL, Sorry. Couldn't help it.
Well, they “technically” are active every year in free agency – it’s just not sexy because it’s their own free agents. I think they need to find a better veteran linebacker than the two they’ve brought in the last two seasons. So maybe that happens. LaFell count? With 11 draft picks plus guys like Hardison, Billings and Jackson III who have yet to play that could lead to a pretty massive roster turnover.
You guys are right – there are universal scouting services. I knew that, but forgot – especially since our guy Mike Nyerges made this cool draft video. He also has seen the board so this is the best anyone could give you about how the Bengals do things:
http://www.cincinnati.com/videos/sports/nfl/bengals/2016/04/25/83491154/
What's your workload like in the offseason? Decreased? Do you have to find other things to do?
Obviously it’s not as busy but we’re always working, basically. Think of Adam Jones being arrested literally 35 minutes into the first day of the offseason. We’ll do the podcast every week and have stories sprinkled throughout. Think about it: the NFL owns the calendar. For teams not in the playoffs you’ve got Senior Bowl in January, in February the Super Bowl is something Paul Dehner, Jr. will be at again, then the combine. March is free agency. April is the draft the start of voluntary workouts. Then camps start in May. OTAs and camps in June. The hard part is that we do have to find time for formal vacation and time off. Usually, that comes in July when the CBA mandates football shuts down. And somewhere in there we try to find time for fun assignments like these that really bring you coverage you can’t get anywhere else:
http://www.cincinnati.com/story/sports/nfl/bengals/2016/07/28/andy-dalton-bengals-quarterback-preseason-feature/87616566/
http://www.cincinnati.com/story/sports/nfl/bengals/2016/04/15/how-an-nfl-player-gets-ready-for-the-season-cincinnati-bengals-kevin-zeitler/83019518/
http://www.cincinnati.com/story/sports/nfl/bengals/2015/08/15/cincinnati-bengals-dre-kirkpatrick-next-sound-hear-might-guy-exploding/30898459/
Of course, we have lives and families and things we like to do and we try to find time for that too.
does any coach say more fluff without saying a damn thing than Marvin Lewis?
Heh. Some can be more open (i.e. Arians, Jackson) but really, most coaches don’t say anything when it comes to their teams/mistakes/adjustments or games. Mike Tomlin and John Harbaugh seems like they say stuff, but they really don’t.
1)Do you get the feeling that Marv has been doing this for so long that he doesn't take time to reflect of what HE needs to get better at? Over the last five years, I am not sure what he's got better at.
Every coach will tell you they also have to self-evaluate and get better. But, as the above answer hints at – he’s not really going to tell us what he think he needs to get better at. An example of things Lewis did to make his team better was start an overhaul of the nutritional and practice habits of the team – proven by the fact that the last two years the teams have been one of the least injured in the league. On-field improvements? It’s hard to judge a coach like Lewis that way especially because he doesn’t call plays on offense or defense. He has his fingers in everything, but he lets his coaches coach.
2) Do you think if Marv was in a bigger market, the media would eat him up? His comment about halftime adjustments being "journalist jargon" was unbelievable to hear.
We called him out on that on Beyond The Stripes the next day and basically said the same thing, that in-game adjustments are not as prevalent and/or important as “we” would like to think they are. I’m not sure about ‘eat him up.’ John Fox is in Chicago and he hems and haws and doesn’t say anything and is condescending on a regular basis. Bowles is so, so dry. I think McAdoo is, too. But New York treats them the way they do – because over there they have a different way to cover news and sports. In Cincinnati we don’t really drift into such things.
Do you think the Bengals will be active in external…… wait….. can't stop laughing…. free agency this offseason? LOL, Sorry. Couldn't help it.
Well, they “technically” are active every year in free agency – it’s just not sexy because it’s their own free agents. I think they need to find a better veteran linebacker than the two they’ve brought in the last two seasons. So maybe that happens. LaFell count? With 11 draft picks plus guys like Hardison, Billings and Jackson III who have yet to play that could lead to a pretty massive roster turnover.
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