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(05-28-2024, 03:16 PM)WeezyBengal Wrote: It wouldn't be the first time a first round rookie beat out an "established" vet in camp. 

We aren't talking about him coming in and taking Andrew Whitworths job here, we are talking about Trent Brown. 

If Mims out plays and out works Brown in camp, then by all means...give him the job.

It certainly wouldn't be the first time but we're talking about outliers with this. 

The focus for the FO is to protect their franchise QB who has missed significant parts of 2/4 years here, which is obv why they brought Brown in. You can look at it a million different way, re; contract, injuries, etc. When healthy, he's an above average tackle and that's what they're banking on. Mims could come in and blow people away, he certainly has the measurables but that's not nearly as likely as Brown staying healthy and playing well. We've seen it before, guys like Russell Wilson blow up in preseason and supplant the FA QB that was just signed to big bucks but that happens so infrequently that you can't really bank on it. As much potential as Mims has, when is the last time something like that happened to the Bengals? It's just so infrequent around the entire NFL that it's not really even something that's near the forefront of my thinking.

To me, the best case scenario is for Brown to start and play well and for the Bengals to be able to get Mims a decent amount of snaps throughout the season so that he's more ready should an injury happen later, and then he'll be set to step into the starter role next year.