04-30-2025, 06:03 PM
Mixed feelings on Tobin. He has some strong suits such as his ability to draft WRs, TEs, even QBs. But he has struggled to consistently draft linemen. He doesn't seem to have changed his process or evolved much throughout the years. It doesn't sound like he's interested in adding more resources or doing anything at all differently. I get the impression that he and the Bengals organization view him in a far, far more flattering light than outsiders do. He has been pretty routinely outclassed by two teams just in the same division in terms of roster building. I get the impression that he or they may view events such as their QBs getting injured behind incomplete lines or certain prospects not working out as being "dumb luck" rather than a result of a disparity in skill. He has overseen the drafting of my alltime favorite players. He got some rosters pretty dang close in 2005, 2015, and 2022. But one has to point out that he has been employed for a long, long time despite never coming close to building a "dynasty." So I'd lean toward change sometime within the next century. Where you can find people who can draft like the Eagles or Chiefs or Ravens or Patriots I don't know. What I do know is this: continuity is a result of good results, not a pre-requisite. You don't fire a coach who consistently outclassed the competition. You don't go from having a lousy coach to having a great coach by employing him for 30 years.
