Scout(s) Business as Usual

[BengalChris]

(01-22-2019, 04:55 PM)jj22 Wrote: And other notes from Tobin at the Senior Bowl.

https://www.bengals.com/news/scouts-business-as-usual

He would only say the head coaching search is “ongoing.”

He reiterated the club’s future commitment to quarterback Andy Dalton, noting that he’s got plenty of years left beyond his deal that ends in 2020.

He says the game is changing and acknowledged the Bengals need to add more speed to their roster as well linemen on both sides of the ball, which he also says is business as usual. He estimates they’ll have 11 draft picks and could see them doubling up at a position like linebacker.

Goes into some tidbits about coaching search. But didn't break any new ground.

I don't necessarily agree with his take on not needing to know who the coaches are to scout prospects. Scheme can come into play, so it's important to know what scheme fits they are looking for.

I believe this confirms what we were expecting. OL and LBers and some DL.

His mentioning of speed was worth saying as long as also being able to play football comes before speed in the draft equation.

I don't quite understand his statements about Dalton. It doesn't matter how many years Dalton has left in him. What matters is is he going to play well enough to lead the offense into the post season and compete for a SB. If the team isn't thinking with that, the new changes aren't going to lead to a SB trip.

(01-22-2019, 05:13 PM)I_C_DeadPeople Wrote: Good article on how the Rams were built and how they changed after some draft busts:

https://www.si.com/nfl/2019/01/22/rams-saints-les-snead-stan-kroenke-nfc-championship-super-bowl-nfl-playoffs

Snead is a man who embraces his failures head-on. When Robinson flopped, he reevaluated the way he scouts tackles (he won’t divulge how), and that made him an asset when Kroenke replaced Fisher with McVay but kept Snead in the front office. Everyone agreed they needed an established left tackle to support Goff, who was entering his second season in 2017. Snead targeted free agent Andrew Whitworth, who had been with the Bengals for 11 seasons and was being seriously courted by three teams that March.

Too bad Mike Brown didn't take signing Whitworth seriously. We could all see that Ogbuehi and Fisher were flops by that point. Two years of disaster was rather plainly obvious.