Something that will always stick with me when I think back on the Marvin Lewis era is how his teams never failed to wait until there was no choice to either cut aging and ineffective veterans, or play younger and promising reserves.
Such decisions that if they were made much sooner, would’ve been better suited the team’s current state and made decisions regarding the future of the roster much more clear. The reluctancy, or fear, to change isn’t anything new.
So while it was a pleasant surprise to see 2016 fifth-round pick Christian Westerman finally active after 30 games of waiting, we can’t ignore that it if it wasn’t for struggling tackles Cedric Ogbuehi and Andre Smith suffering injuries last week, Westerman would’ve been in on the sideline watching in street clothes once again.