Drafting and Player Development

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(10-29-2024, 10:07 AM)WeezyBengal Wrote: I'd love to know what's going on here.

We have seemingly changed our draft approach over the past few years and are prioritizing drafting athletes. Myles Murphy, Dax Hill, CTB, Yoshi, Mims, etc. I can't fault the front office for that one bit, I like that direction.

My issues and questions come next with player development. Who is responsible for player development? Position coaches, correct?

Why are these draft prospects seeminlg not getting any better? Why can't Myles Murphy, Dax, Yoshi, Battle, Turner, CTB, Ossai take that leap? Most of these guys should have the raw ability and tangibles based on draft measurables.

So the question I have is, are we drafting poor players that will never pan out, or are we not getting enough from our coaches via player develpoment? I know it's kind of a chicken and egg dillemma but it could be another sign that we have a poor coaching staff.

Hill was I think more about finding the right position for him.
He has the speed, size, and athleticism to play any DB position though.

Ossai was a converted off-ball LB, not a true DE. I'm sure the thought was since he's smaller he could win more with speed and quickness, but he never really has.
His college production was indicative he was more of a project.

Yoshi was raw, plain and simple.
He got thrust into a starter role too soon, IMO.
He needs another year (or two) to continue to develop.
Looking back at what Boyd signed for in TEN ($2.4 mill), Bengals likely could have retained him for $2.5-3.0 mill, and they should have.

Murphy I'm not sure of.
Looking back at the scouting reports, he needed to further refine his plan of attack to be more consistent.
Maybe he hasn't gotten those things figured out yet.
I would think those are more easy to coach (mainly use of hands, imbed some strategy based on scouting your upcoming opponent for the week), but maybe it's not as easy as I think.

CTB is fine, but he was always more of a risk taker that sometimes backfired on him, even in college. You still see that some today.
When was the last time the Bengals really nailed it on a CB draft pick?
Was it...Leon Hall?

Don't forget Zach Carter, who was pretty athletic but a tweener in terms of size. Only 282 lbs. Really more of a 3-4 DE body.
He was an effective pass rusher at Florida, but they moved him all over the DL based on matchup.
It might be he just doesn't have the chops to hang inside full-time against NFL-caliber IOL and might need to go to a team who primarily runs a 3-4.