Silence is golden rule

INDIANAPOLIS -- Wonder why you haven't seen any Bengals assistant coaches or scouts quoted in the Enquirer this week from the NFL scouting combine?

They've been told they were not allowed to talk to newspaper reporters during the combine.

Paranoia runs deep.

A secret leaks out: Georgia Tech cornerback Kenny Scott has just said he has interviewed with the Bengals.

The safety of the free world truly hinges on the Bengals' ability to keep their sacred draft board top secret.

These are the types of situations that make me think about working in the Toy Department of Human Affairs. None of this stuff really matters; it doesn't. And I often have to convince myself that it does. All I'm doing is helping make a bunch of rich people richer.

And the attitudes of many of those in the industry are heavily inflated and world view dangerously myopic.