Ian Rapoport: Bengals reaching out to non-in-house candidates

[jfkbengals]

(12-31-2017, 01:19 PM)Fullrock Wrote: Apparently not looking to hire from within.

A)  They would be stupid not to look at all options

B)  "Reaching Out" to candidates is not the same as determined to hire from outside of the organization.

Point B can be as simple as for satisfying the Rooney Rule (talking to Marvin may not count as he currently has the job), or for the sake of impacting the salary negotiations.  Or maybe to make the ultimate target feel the need to take the job quickly out of fear that someone else might take the job first.

Without knowing who they reached out to, it is too early to say what it means.