Are the Bengals actually worried about the line?

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They obviously do value the line. Swapping out Hart for Reiff is a pretty large upgrade. And as stats posted in multiple threads demonstrate, when we had Spain and XSF on the field together the interior line was effective in both run and pass protection.

I am expecting them to double dip in the draft on OL, and think their first target is actually Tucker. Not at 5 of course but they may be working on either a trade back or a plan to take Chase at 5 then trade back up into the first for Tucker. I suspect the goal is to replace Redmond and MJ and give them another G-T along with Johnson behind Williams and Reiff.

So, if they land Tucker you may see Williams-Tucker-Hopkins/Price-Spain-Reiff.