Breaking: Cordy Glenn a Bengal!

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(03-15-2018, 12:24 PM)SHRacerX Wrote: Rookie mini camp was May 12th, so it is 8 weeks, but my point (that you seem to be ignoring) is just how much is put on these kids their last season playing college ball.  I have seen it many, many times that the rookies just look dead when they first get to camps.  Especially the linemen.  

Also, the players will have Pro Days over the next few weeks, further extending their high-intensity workouts longer in to 2018.  

That's all fair, but we've seen plenty of rookies (including OL) that have become the starters by the start of the regular season and held up very well through the whole year while also playing well. Zeitler was one of them. Ramczyk, last year's rookie RT for the Saints, was another that quickly pops into my head.

My point is I wouldn't be comfortable with Westerman or Redmond at C if the season started today. I am, however, comfortable with either of them as the starting RG.
And I don't want the Bengals to ignore drafting a C high because they have TJ Johnson, Westerman, Redmond, and even potentially Bodine on the roster. If that happens, I view the C position as weak/inexperienced.

EDIT - Also, how have you "seen it many, many times" where a rookie looks dead in mini-camp? Do you bother to watch all the players across the league's mini-camps? I don't. And even if so, when I was talking about high drafted rookie at C + Westerman at RG vs Bodine at C + high drafted rookie at RG, I was referring to the start of the regular season, not mini-camp.