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Cincinnati Bengals OT Andrew Whitworth May Have Best Year Yet in 2015

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Andrew Whitworth may have his best season yet

Kim Klement-USA TODAY Sports

With less than 24 hours to go until the 2015 NFL draft, it is still rather unclear what position the Cincinnati Bengals are going to choose with their 21st pick in the first round.  However, the majority of mock drafts have them selecting an offensive tackle, most likely to replace the aging Andrew Whitworth in the near future. Let’s just say Whitworth was less than impressed with these rumors.

Whitworth is a Pro Bowl left tackle that led the NFL in pass protection last season. But he will be 34 this year and is listed as the oldest starting left tackle in the league, leading many to assume that he is nearing the end of his career. Whitworth, on the other hard, claims to be far from done: “This is the strongest I’ve been in my life, most conditioned I’ve been in my life”.

This definitely doesn’t change the fact that the Bengals will need to secure the left tackle position for future years, when Whitworth’s career does come to an end.  But if in fact the Bengals do draft that guy in the first round in tomorrow’s draft, don’t expect him to replace Whitworth this season.

Whitworth provided a rather memorable quote this week. “Mess up and draft somebody at my position because you are going to sit around and watch him sit the bench.”  That doesn’t sound like a guy that’s ready to surrender his position anytime soon.

If the Bengals draft a left tackle with the 21st pick, I think that will just fuel Whitworth’s fire, and give him even more motivation heading into the season. I wouldn’t be surprised if 2015 turns out to be the best season of his impressive 10-year career.

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