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NFL Football Players Draft Injuries Rookies Season SuperbowlPublished: August 15, 2009
The Bengals used their first two draft picks on offensive lineman Andre Smith (Alabama) and linebacker Rey Maualuga (USC). The team hopes Smith can provide some much-needed help to an offensive line that gave up 51 sacks last season while Maualuga can emerge as one of the younger leader's on a defense that was already pretty solid last season (325.5 yards allowed per game, 12th in the NFL).
With the success from April's draft and the return of quarterback Carson Palmer, who missed 12 games last season due to an elbow injury, the Bengals could emerge as a sleeper team in 2009 and make a run for their first trip to the playoffs since the 2005 season.
Despite all of the hype and excitement for the 2009 season, the Bengals lost on...
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