Take a cue from the...Arizona Cardinals???
Uh oh. A fellow bottom tier team might be getting its act together. The Arizona Cardinals are apparently restructuring their scouting department and look to add as many as four additional scouts, according to The Arizona Republic. Meanwhile, our scouting department continues to have six people in it not counting the Personal Assistant.
It's fairly common knowledge that our scouting department is significantly smaller than most NFL franchises. The Bengals rely on their coaches to conduct some of the scouting as evidenced by the coaches' annual trips to the Senior Bowl every year after the end of the season. Most NFL teams don't do this.
Now, the Arizona Cardinals, another franchise that has struggled, has recognized that the way they have been doing things could be improved. Can you imagine how huge this story would be if it were about your Cincinnati Bengals? How big of a sign would that be to Bengals fans that ownership wants to improve the franchise from top to bottom? Such a move would improve the organization's administration and eventually its personnel after the additional scouts contributions. It could even improve the coaching if decreasing their role in scouting allowed them to focus more on traditional coaching duties. WDR would be ELATED if such an article hit the local newspapers about the Bengals. It doesn't take much to get Bengal fans excited. This would be a clear sign to us that we are committed to winning.
One related piece of advice for the sake of our readers' health...Don't hold your breath.
