Ever since the early portion of the 2006 season, the Cincinnati Bengals have been looking for a long-term center. Rich Braham played 12 seasons with the team and started 142 of 146 games he suited up for, but a neck injury sustained in Week 2 a dozen years ago caused him to retire.
After experiencing such a sense of continuity during Braham’s reign, the Bengals experimented with the likes of Eric Ghiaciuc, Kyle Cook, Jeff Faine and Russell Bodine over the following 11 years. This offseason, they finally decided that a major change was in order.