Pro Football Focus counted down its 101 best players from the 2016 NFL season, and the three Bengals to make the list were offensive lineman Andrew Whitworth (26), defensive lineman Geno Atkins (65) and offensive lineman Kevin Zeitler (82).
On the 2015 list, Whitworth was No. 41, Atkins was No. 17 and Zeitler was unranked.
Here's what PFF had to say about each player with this year's rankings:
Whitworth
There is no more perennially underrated and under-appreciated tackle than Andrew Whitworth of the Bengals. He ended the 2016 season with the league’s best pass-blocking efficiency score (98.