Bengals sign Ole Miss C Ben Brown.
Brown (6’5/310) was a four-year starter in the SEC after a redshirt year, bouncing between guard and center. His 2021 season was cleaved in half with a torn left biceps tendon, an injury that prevented him from testing during the pre-draft process. He’s a broadly-built interior player with strong hands and a stout base. Bull-rushers are stymied when he drops a heavy anchor. Brown is limited athletically, struggling to hit moving targets in the second level. He’s also given issues by the counter moves of quick-twitch defensive tackles. Because of this, Brown is a better fit for a gap-running system than a zone-blocking team. If everything breaks right, Brown could have a career similar to Dan Feeney.
