Cincinnati Bengals: Dwindling offensive line
The past two years has been an exodus of sorts by the top offensive players in Cincinnati not named A.J. Green and Andy Dalton.
The Bengals lost Muhamed Sanu and Marvin Jones ahead of the 2016 season. Then this past spring they lost Pro-Bowl left tackle Andrew Whitworth and one of the best offensive guards in the game, Kevin Zeitler, who bolted for AFC North rival Cleveland.
The receivers that were lost impacted Dalton in a big way, as his career-worst 18 touchdowns clearly show. Now he’ll be without his two most reliable offensive linemen. The Bengals clearly made a calculated risk to let the veterans go with the intent of letting young guys like Cedric Ogbuehi and Jake Fisher take over.
Whether it works out or becomes yet another huge mistake by this franchise remains to be seen.