Cedric Ogbeuhi with moving pictures.

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(08-15-2017, 01:00 PM)Hoofhearted Wrote: Sure, but just because he's not good now doesn't mean it's indicative to how he's going to be later on. Big Whit didn't start out as a pro-bowler either. Just saying we can be critical of his current play but lets slow down on what that means later on down the road.

That's true, but the Bengals don't really have the time to "wait and see". They have a playoff-caliber roster and a good amount of their star players are in their prime or approaching the end. They need to be in win-now mode at least to some extent.

And Whitworth was a bit different, as the Bengals had Levi Jones and Willie Anderson as their starting OTs for Whit's first few years. Whit had an extra year of grooming compared to Ogbuehi and was already a starter at LG in which he played very well, so we had more hope he could transition. The Bengals were lucky they went from one stalwart LT to another very good LT.
However, Ogbuehi has been bad both years he's been in the lineup and now is practically forced into LT because there's no one better. Given his previous performance, I simply lack hope.