Before joining he Rams, Andrew Whitworth spent his first 11 seasons with the Cincinnati Bengals, and in those 11 seasons the Bengals won 20 more games than they lost and never advanced beyond the first round of the playoffs. They built through the draft, and they hit on prospects at about the rate you'd expect the average NFL team to hit. They always kept their first- and second-round picks, even picking twice in the first round in 2012. The Bengals never had the kind of aggressive free-agent haul that would make you say they’re in win-now mode.
So, after coming to L.