When Andrew Whitworth departed the Cincinnati Bengals in the offseason leading to the 2017 season, it took them more than two seasons to find a suitable successor. And, really, No. 77 leaving marked the slow Bengals decline seen at the end of the Marvin Lewis era.
Much like Justin Smith, Whitworth has enjoyed two incredible chapters to his career, wherein similar accolades came in both the early and later parts of his incredible 16-year NFL run. He now gets set to face his old team in the Super Bowl, leaving him with a myriad of emotions.