This week OTAs

[Forever Spinning Vinyl]

While I have never been a fan of Thomas, I do like that the Bengals allow players to grow into their roles. Marvin had a tendency early in his career to turn over the back end of the roster a lot and a lot of guys may have been physical upgrades, but they were behind the guys they replaced in the playbook department. Later in his career was when either he, Tobin or both developed Burkhead, Uzomah and Fejedelem into reliable NFL players and now Thomas and Morgan along with Markus Bailey are benefiting from the team continuing this approach. They are basically saying "We're comfortable with your growth within our system so we're not actively looking to replace you right now."

That has to do wonders for a young players confidence.