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Duke Tobin has had easier beginnings to an offseason as the Bengals’ Director of Player Personnel. When Cincinnati decided to part ways with head coach Marvin Lewis after 16 seasons Vincent Rey Jersey , Tobin was included on the search panel for the team’s next head coach along with Katie Blackburn, her husband Troy and Blackburn’s brother Paul Brown. Tobin is entering his first offseason as the head of the Bengals’ war room without Lewis, a man he had become very familiar with as a coach. It was fair to wonder how that would impact how he and his scouts went about their business at this year’s Senior Bowl considering the team is still without most of its coaching staff.“I don’t know that it will be dramatically different. Most of the stuff is on tape,” Tobin told Geoff Hobson of Bengals.com. “With scouting, it doesn’t matter what staff you have. Everyone is looking for the same thing. They want guys that love football. There won’t be any coach that walks into our building that asks for somebody that doesn’t like football. They want aggressive guys. They want instinctive guys. They want guys physically able to hold up.”The Bengals scouting department consists of less scouts than the number of fingers on your hands. Their coaching staff is an integral part of their draft process, and right around this time is when they start getting truly acquainted with the draft class. There aren’t any choices being made that could lock them in a corner later. Tobin isn’t in the business of forcing prospects onto anyone.“We’ve always felt that way. And we’ll have ideas about what’s needed as well. And we’ll come to an agreement on staffing levels at different positions as a group,” Tobin said. “We’re not looking to bring somebody in and restrict them in any way. And so when you get a whole new staff, sometimes you get new ideas and new thoughts that are worthwhile. That’s part of the process we’re going through right now. We certainly welcome new thoughts and new ideas and we’re flexible to incorporate those.”Hobson also noted that Tobin would only say that the coaching search is “still on going,” which probably has more to do with the team hoping to avoid breaking any of the NFL’s stupid rules about announcing coaching hirings in the playoffs. Tobin also gave some updates into how the team is approaching improving this team during the offseason.“The game is getting faster, so on defense, you know, I think we’re going to be looking for speed Womens Tyler Boyd Jersey , which we always are. You’re never looking for slow, but you know that’s going to be a focus of what we do,” Tobin said. “We want guys that can run, that can cover. The game is becoming a passing game, so you want guys that can cover on the two-back levels, that can run, that have some flexibility to them, that have a feel in coverage because that’s such a vital component of the game that we play right now.“And you’re always looking for guys on the lines, guys that are quick twitch, explosive, fast, sudden Cordy Glenn Jersey White , strong, guys that can gain position on opponents out of their stance. We’re always looking on both lines of scrimmage. You just can never have enough big guys. We’ll be focused there; we’ll be focused on speed on defense.”As they should be. For the Bengals’ brass to not realize just how bad their linebackers have been the past few seasons would be an unprecedented level of tone deafness. They lack second level defenders who can close out on quicker running backs and receivers in space, and it is a big reason why their defense struggles to get off the field. Their current set of linebackers would be perfect for stopping teams who setup with a fullback and running back in the I-formation most of the time, but offenses just don’t function that way anymore. It is about time that the Bengals caught on to that. Tobin also talked about their commitment to Andy Dalton.“We’re very comfortable with Andy,” Tobin said. “We think he’s got a number of years left. We feel like we can win with him. But with any position group, we don’t just throw away the whole draft board at a group just because we’re satisfied with who we have. We’ll evaluate them and look at them and see if there’s an opportunity to add a guy at every position.”There have been plenty of rumors that the Bengals could bring in a guy like Ryan Tannehill at quarterback and move on from Dalton. The team could cut ties with Dalton without suffering any dead cap this offseason. One could see why the team would do this considering if they don’t they’d either have to pay him a pretty substantial contract and commit to him for a foreseeable future or lose him without any compensation via free agency.With a new head coach coming in, anything is possible, but the fact Tobin doesn’t completely shut the door on improving at the position leaves hope the team could at least bring in some actual competition or a backup who could keep the team competitive. After all, it wouldn’t help to broadcast at this point that the team would be moving on from Dalton even if Tobin felt that way. It could really backfire especially if Cincinnati ultimately doesn’t find a replacement. Expect the team to be completely behind Dalton until they aren’t. The Bengals are rumored to be interested in drafting a quarterback with the 11th overall pick, at least that’s what they may want you to believe."WhiteFanposts Fanshots Sections #BITESIZEFilm RoomRoster Transactions and ContractsOrange & Black InsiderSalary Cap And CBAFirst round quarterback rumors mean 1 of 2 things for the BengalsNew,69commentsThe Bengals are rumored to be interested in drafting a quarterback with the 11th overall pick, at least that’s what they may want you to believe.EDTShareTweetShareShareFirst round quarterback rumors mean 1 of 2 things for the BengalsBrian Spurlock-USA TODAY SportsThe NFL Draft is more than the culmination of 254 dreams coming true in the span of three days — it’s the collision of 32 separate agendas intertwining with one another. If you believe everything you read in the final days leading up to the draft http://www.thebengalslockerroom.com/authentic-tyler-eifert-jersey , you’re bound to be disappointed. Franchises will attempt to “leak” information to the media in order for surrounding teams in the draft order to react proactively against them (trading up for a player right ahead of them). This manipulation in turn works in the original team’s best interest, leaving the player they “actually” wanted all along there for the taking. This is the strategy that most teams use, and they may claim to do so even when they didn’t actually to generate positive PR. In regards to the Bengals specifically, any noise you may hear involving draft plans is likely manufactured by none other than the brass that makes up the front office at Paul Brown Stadium. So when there’s talk about the Bengals actually considering taking a quarterback with the 11th overall pick, two likely realities become possible.Timing is everything. In recent years Cincinnati has been on the record as open to target every position in the first round — except for quarterback. That plan of attack has seen Patrick Mahomes, Deshaun Watson and Lamar Jackson fall past the Bengals’ first round picks in the last two drafts. Not great.Now, the head coach who made those comments in Marvin Lewis is gone, and so is the sentiment. When Lewis’ replacement Zac Taylor was asked if every position was on the table to be drafted in the first round, Taylor didn’t provide the same answer Lewis did. Lewis didn’t want to start over with his third quarterback in his tenure, he wanted to finish with what he and the organization restarted with now eight years ago. And while that, again, proved to be bad process Womens C.J. Uzomah Jersey , it’s an understandable mindset. A new head coach on the other hand brings new expectations. New eyes. New standards. There’s a reason why teams with newly hired head coaches typically take a quarterback fairly early in their first draft. And now, Andy Dalton is entering the second-to-last year on his contract, and has $0.00 of dead money attached to his name.Then you look at the quarterbacks at the top of this class and the perception of them. Everyone and their mother believes Kyler Murray isn’t escaping the first few picks, but the other three prospects looking up at him on most big boards have less concrete fates. Drew Lock, Dwayne Haskins and Daniel Jones will all be drafted sometime in the first round, but where? Acquiring first-round quarterbacks is almost always for the aggressive, not the passive, but that could change this month. Haskins’ camp has seen more optimistic days while Lock and Jones could come off the board anywhere in the first 32 picks. With the Bengals likely staying put at 11th overall, they could be the first team since 2013 to draft a first-round quarterback outside of the top three picks without trading up.In addition to that, all three quarterbacks are great candidates to watch and learn behind a veteran for a season before having the torch passed to them. Regardless of when the Bengals draft a quarterback, Dalton will be the starter in 2019. The agenda will remain unspoiled.The timing is right for the Bengals to be focusing on the days beyond Dalton, and that’s where the weight of this rumor being truthful resides. But there’s always the other side of the coin.Dalton may have just two years left on his deal Carl Lawson Jersey White , but 2019 might just be the ultimate prove-it season for him. Owner Mike Brown has stated they will not negotiate an extension for him this offseason, and you’d have to think that the ever-growing quarterback market may put Dalton out of the Bengals’ price range if he hits free agency. It would be unconventional for a team that just hired a mostly-new coaching staff and signed just one new starter in free agency, but the Bengals may still feel they’re going all-in to win as soon as possible. Would that involve using the 11th overall pick on a backup for Dalton? Odds point to no. The possibility of the Bengals leaking this information to the league so a desperate team moves in front of them to draft a quarterback cannot be dismissed — it should actually be accepted as the most likely explanation. It’s entirely possible that the Bengals do have interest in taking a quarterback, but simply do not have interest in any of the quarterbacks available this year. Remember, timing is everything.At the very least, it’s refreshing to approach the draft with the hope that a quarterback is Cincinnati’s first draft pick. Other needs such as linebacker and defensive line should obviously be addressed early, but neither position alters the game more than the one under center. As far as rumors go, you may be free to get attached to this one more than others. Just don’t be the house on it.