The Cincinnati Bengals passed up the opportunity to draft the consensus top left tackle in this year’s draft class at fifth overall in Penei Sewell, instead favoring LSU wide receiver Ja’Marr Chase. In doing so, they are placing their bets on what they already have, which, given what they have gotten, is a dicey proposition.
Like the Pittsburgh Steelers, however, they did move some parts around, and that included a new offensive line coach in Frank Pollack, who has a pretty simple policy about how they’re moving forward: everybody gets to start over.
“I told these guys, everybody gets a clean slate”, Pollack told the team’s website.