Last season was the first since 2006 that the Bengals didn’t have Domata Peko playing on the defensive line. To compensate for those snaps lost, Ryan Glasgow was tasked with contributing early and often in his rookie season.
You might be surprised to learn Glasgow actually played 35.95 percent of defensive snaps last season. (And you thought Bengals defensive rookies didn’t play, didn’t you!)
The team drafted Andrew Billings as an eventual replacement for Peko in the 2016 NFL Draft, but a meniscus injury suffered in his first training camp caused Billings to miss all of his rookie year, and his potential impact in 2017 was jeopardized.