The Cincinnati Bengals might be one of many teams that get active before the NFL’s trade deadline early next month.
And with the interior of the line still something of a problem, it only makes sense that the Bengals feature in some interesting trade ideas for that area.
One such idea comes from Brad Spielberger of Pro Football Focus, who suggests the Bengals throw a seventh-round pick to the New England Patriots in exchange for interior lineman Ted Karras.
And it’s not as wild as it sounds — Karras is a six-year veteran with some noteworthy work on paper so far this season, as the writeup explains:
“Although it comes on a small sample size, Karras has the eighth-best pass-blocking grade among interior offensive linemen through Week 5 — an 81.