Jermaine Burton still doesn’t know the freaking plays

[*ochocincos*]

(10-28-2024, 01:48 PM)TecmoBengals Wrote: This is where I wonder if having a smaller scouting department compared to other NFL teams comes into play. Other organizations stay away from a Burton type, not because of character concerns as reported by the media, but possibly because their scouts identified a concern that he just cannot handle knowing an NFL playbook. The Bengals scouts didn't have the ability to make such a determination.

I'm just speculating, of course.

I'd go a different route, personally.

I've noticed the Bengals go for high-ceiling guys but maybe who need more refinement to get there.
Zach Carter, Jermaine Burton, Andrei Iosivas, Joseph Ossai just to name a few.
Each of these guys had some amazing, albeit inconsistent tape in college.
It might ultimately come down to the coaches thinking they could refine these guys when in reality they haven't really gotten too much out of them (at least yet).
Either these dudes haven't shown ability to improve in their areas of weakness enough and/or the coaching effort or techniques just haven't been resonating well.