You'll seldom find any team in the NFL that has a more illogical roster-building process than the Duke Tobin-led Cincinnati Bengals.
Strategies in free agency and the draft don't match up. The organization's reputation remains hamstrung by hardball contract negotiations with Trey Hendrickson and other superstars. Contingencies and conservative tactics are deployed at an alarming rate.
It's all culminated in missing the playoffs for three straight seasons of Joe Burrow's prime. And the last pick of Tobin's latest draft class is a microcosm of that macro-dynamic I've described above.
Bengals RB Tahj Brooks is a nothing-burger pick
In the sixth round of this year's draft, Tobin selected Texas Tech running back Tahj Brooks.