The Bengals have long been famous (or infamous, if you will) for having a very small scouting department. The team actually diversified their department when they added Christian Sarkisian this offseason to increase the total to eight total scouts.
It’s usually not newsworthy when a team adds a scout to their staff, but the Bengals love to get by with less. They have talked in the past about some of the advantages of having a smaller scouting department. There are less people arguing over players, and there aren’t any major power struggles. Everyone knows where the power resides in the room: Director of player personnel Duke Tobin, head coach Marvin Lewis and team owner Mike Brown will have the final say on roster construction.