Andrew Whitworth

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(01-09-2021, 10:54 PM)Essex Johnson Wrote: He was offered a 1 yearvcontract and had mentioned retirement and they had drafted his replacement . It is part of the NFL, most did not seeing still playing. 

Yep.
The Bengals basically used trends that they didn't expect Whitworth to keep being this good and play this long.
Steelers do this all the time with players. They let good players leave in FA and replace them with draft picks, who perform about as well or sometimes better.
The problem the Bengals have had for a while is they haven't been drafting/developing players behind the pricey vets, so when the vets leave, the Bengals get (much) worse.
In Whit's case, we probably wouldn't care as much if Ogbuehi and/or Fisher had become quality OTs.