Bengals Defensive Coordinator Al Golden on Evaluating College Players for NFL Draft

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00:00Given the fact that you've,

00:01and I think it's 19 different ranked teams

00:03you guys have played over the past three years

00:05at Notre Dame, huge games,

00:07multiple games against Ohio State,

00:08you obviously played Georgia.

00:10Will that help you during this off-season

00:12evaluating the NFL draft class?

00:16It will.

00:17I told a story this weekend just of,

00:21you know, you watch certain players on tape

00:24or certain players have specific accolades

00:28or, you know, you know this guy's getting the ball a lot,

00:31he's a heck of a player.

00:33But when your players come over off the sideline,

00:35you know, after a drive or two,

00:37they're like, my goodness, this guy's different.

00:39You know, they said that about

00:41one of the Louisville wide receivers early this year.

00:44And so, yeah, that stays with you.

00:45Like, you know, the players know.

00:47The players know when somebody's on a completely different,

00:51you know, plateau or level

00:53and how they have to adjust their game accordingly.

00:56So that helps your feedback.

00:58And then, you know, just having, like you're saying,

01:01just being able to play however many,

01:04what did we play, 30 games the last two years?

01:06And so that's a lot of exposure

01:08to a lot of really, really good players.

01:10And ultimately, hopefully,

01:13I can share that with the organization.