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Bengals approval poll: Was declining Cedric Ogbuehi fifth-year option the right call?

That’s because the team passed on picking up Ogbuehi’s fifth-year option, making him a free agent in 2019. The 21st overall pick of the 2015 NFL Draft has been a major disappointment through his first three seasons, and there’s little hope he’ll suddenly become a decent player in 2018.

All throughout Ogbuehi’s career, you’ll see nothing but whiffs and blocking air as his defender gets an easy sack or tackle for loss:

Ever since the Bengals drafted the former Texas A&M lineman in the first round of the 2015 draft, the only ‘highlights’ of Ogbuehi’s career have been his occasional display of great athleticism for a lineman and not much else.