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Don\u2019t look now, but\u2026the\u00a0Cincinnati Bengals\u00a0appear to have another problem on the offensive line.<\/p>\n
It\u2019s not just the guard positions, either, where a mixture of returning names and new faces creates a shrug-worthy outlook.<\/p>\n
No, one of the biggest takeaways from the early sessions of training camp is the miserable lack of depth across the board, to the point the team can\u2019t even securely say who backs up where and when.<\/p>\n
The problem includes a logjam of names who can technically back up as swing tackles. Few can explain it as succinctly as\u00a0Paul Dehner Jr.\u00a0of The Athletic:<\/p>\n
\u201cRookie fifth-round pick Jalen Rivers has run at tackle with the second team. Jaxson Kirkland kicked out to tackle one day. Ford played there last year, but the staff is hoping to gain an extended look at him playing guard this summer. On top of concern regarding rookie third-round pick Dylan Fairchild, currently the leader in the clubhouse to start at left guard, the cast of question marks lacking experience, floating behind the starting tackles, is startling. If the\u00a0Bengals\u00a0had to play Cleveland this Sunday without Mims, they couldn\u2019t tell you who would hold down the starting spot.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" usatoday.com wants to ensure the best experience for all of our readers, so we built our site to take advantage of the latest technology, making it faster and easier to use.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":29672,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-29671","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-cincinnati-bengals"],"yoast_head":"\n