A large part of the Cincinnati Bengals' decline in recent years is their inability to hit on critical picks in the NFL Draft. While there have been outliers who've flourished, the team's inconsistent drafting philosophy is baffling to watch unfold in real time.
When you combine the Bengals' seemingly scattershot approach to evaluating and acquiring collegiate talent with their skittishness toward paying top-market money to established stars, it adds up to a fair amount of bad football. And a track record for Duke Tobin and the personnel department that looks more humiliating by the day.