Randomly just found that out. One of our best linebackers is actually a NFL scout for the Jacksonville Jaguars. I was e-mailing someone about scouting courses and possibility on interning with a team scout, so I decided to look up some information on NFL scouts. Wound up finding Brian Simmons. I don't know, I just found it to be a cool find.

Looks like an assault on the record book may be coming. It would mean a good year but it's possible some of these will happen.

http://www.bengals.com/news/article-1/Numbers-game-marks-the-spot/aba8bba1-3425-4b40-8656-ebfaf10d806f

The Bengals portion of the highlights start at about 1:00, which includes his record setting day.

http://www.nfl.com/news/story/0ap3000000498528/article/teams-that-got-most-value-out-of-draft-classes-in-last-decade?Campaign=facebook_cfb_reineking

I read that article and it made me think of some of the heartbreaking drafts we've seen here over the past 10 years. Now, the last 4 or 5 have been decent, but before that, there were some very upsetting and crazy events.

2005 Bengals

David Pollack
Odell Thurman
Chris Henry
Eric Ghiaciuc
Adam Kieft
Tab Perry
Jonathan Fanene

I was on the Tab Perry hype-train in a big way, Fanene was solid, and we all know the tragic ending to our first 3 picks that year.

I honestly believe this group could have been on NFL.com's list had they all played out normal careers. Seeing a list like this always makes me reflect back on our draft classes, and boy were there some stinkers over the last 10 years. Don't look at 2007 and 2008 if you've already forgotten about them, dang those were bad.

This is from Rotoworld:

Quote:Bengals signed QB Keith Wenning.

Wenning was the 194th pick in last year's draft by the Ravens and spent his entire rookie season on the practice squad before getting cut by Baltimore last month. In Cincinnati, he'll compete with A.J. McCarron and Josh Johnson.

http://nflpe.sportsblog.com/posts/2702315/excited-for-what---s-ahead.html

I like this on a few fronts:

  - He's articulate - I always prefer guys who respect their education enough to use decent language skills (or at least he's bright enough to have someone edit his blog before he posts)
  - He's got his life priorities straight
  - He's got his football priorities straight as well - he recognizes his most immediate contributions are likely to be on special teams and sounds like he's putting his focus there (still keeping the long-term goal of developing on offense)