“I’ve had the opposite mentality,” said Whitworth, heading into the last year of his deal. “Mess up and draft somebody in my position and you’re going to sit around and watch him sit on the bench. That’s always been my mentality. I see it as a challenge.”
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No one told right end Will Clarke after his rookie season to return at 290 pounds, about 20 pounds heavier than when the Bengals took him in the third round last year. But he figured it out pretty quickly.
“I knew I had to improve my strength if I want to be a dominant player in the league,” Clarke said.