Suddenly, the Bengals offensive line may be undergoing its biggest facelift in eight years and sixth-year left guard Clint Boling is emerging as the leader of a young and inexperienced group that could go into the spring with as few as 148 NFL starts across the five spots.
Three-time Pro Bowler Andrew Whitworth played in 168 games by himself and it was his move to left tackle in 2009, along with the drafting of right tackle Andre Smith and the promotion of Kyle Cook, that was the feature of the line’s last big shakeup. With Thursday’s first day of free agency seeing Whitworth go to the Rams and right guard Kevin Zeitler poised to go elsewhere, the Bengals are again moving to youth.