Ben Cleveland

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(10-17-2020, 10:36 PM)SunsetBengal Wrote: It would be nice to see an interior lineman taken early this year.  However, knowing the Bengals model of practice, it would likely end up the same as when they selected Steinbach and Zeitler.

Extending Zeitler at that price would have been a huge mistake. 

I didn't like the idea of it then and even with the benefit of hindsight I wouldn't like it now. Of course I wish the Bengals had actually spent some proper money on a different interior lineman instead rather than just roll with Jordan/Price/XSF/Miller/Redmond, but Zeitler was a good player who was made the highest paid guard in the NFL. 

It's not a recipe for success to pay merely good players as if they're HoFers.