No matter how their season ends, the Cincinnati Bengals are allergic to entering the offseason with a good offensive line. Locking up the first pick in the NFL Draft, losing the Super Bowl, or being stuck in purgatory, it has not mattered. This has been the Bengals’ grim reality for the last five years.
If now’s not the time to truly fix it, then when?
We asked this question last year while Joe Burrow was rehabbing his surgically repaired left knee. They had the cap space, clear need, and imagery of their quarterback leaving the field on a stretcher to release their inhibitions.