02-01-2024, 01:45 PM
(02-01-2024, 11:57 AM)kalibengal Wrote: and it shows....they rely too much on Sr Bowl, meanwhile other teams are hitting homeruns with late picks and FAs
Does anyone have the scouting dept size through out NFL for comparison? Im guessing most have at least 6 to 8
Inspired by your question, I tried to do some digging into numbers. The best I came up with was an 2022 Athletic article by Dehner ("How the NFL's tinest scouting staff built the Bengals into the next big thing"). These are some quotes:
"The league average for player personnel people is 21. The second-fewest listed on any team website is 15."
"Cincinnati does have the smallest staff. Eight people are listed in the player personnel department but only six are fully entrenched scouts: Tobin, Radicevic, director of college scouting Mike Potts and scouts Andrew Johnson, Christian Sarkisian and Trey Brown."
"The Rams have 26 people in player personnel: scouts, regional scouts, pro scouts, national scouts, directors, assistant directors, scouting strategy directors, consultants, general manager, two special assistants to the general manager. That doesn’t even touch the cadre of operations analysts and managers."
"The Bengals defy convention on purpose. The group takes pride in the conscious choice for extra work. They see the benefit in the versatility of spreading across departments instead of extreme specialization. They think, contrary to popular belief, that the family dynamic and collaborative philosophy of involving coaches more — following a blueprint set by Paul Brown — creates a significant advantage."
https://theathletic.com/3113500/2022/02/08/how-the-nfls-tiniest-scouting-staff-built-the-bengals-into-the-next-big-thing/
