This maybe will give Bengal fans a sigh of relief knowing they are making room for the addition of one of those stud OL coming out. I know Andre Smith is getting a bad rap right now for his offseason garbage but the more I watch tape of this guy. HOLY COW! I think Cedric Benson would highly demand someone of Andre’s caliber to open up a freakishly large hole for him to run through.

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Seeing this list of names on paper is a total bummer. This could be the weakest line in NFL history or, at least, the most unproven. It underscores need to draft a stud O-lineman. Anything else and the Bengals won’t win six games next year.

Didn’t Crummey play some guard last year late- and do pretty well at it?

Let’s see Bobbie, Whit, Collins as starters. Crummey and Livings are both serviceable backups, maybe Levi also- at least from an experience standpoint. All these years later, I still don’t know what to make of Kooistra. What I see is we’re a starting tackle- probably right side, and a center away. We get an Andre Smith and one of the top four centers to compete with Santucci and Cook, pick up a guard like Louis Vasquez- who’s more of an earthmover, later along with a tackle like Garrett Reynolds from Carolina, Lydon Murtha from Nebraska, or even Alex Boone in the later rounds? Who knows. If I were Carson, I’d have a loaded 357 aimed at Mike’s head every time our turn came around.

I agree. Do that and we can push a need for guard once Bobbie Williams’ contract expires — which will open the door for Livings, who I think is could start, but still must make strides for improvement.

We could do it though. It’s not like rebuilding this line is a multi-year project. We have holes that can be filled this year.