MMA training reportedly helping Bengals' Cedric Ogbuehi

If you're among those worried about how the Cincinnati Bengals offensive line

 Offensive tackle Cedric Ogbuehi gets ready for the snap on the first day of the Cincinnati Bengals training camp on her birthday Friday, July 29 at their practice fields near Paul Brown Stadium in Cincinnati. NICK GRAHAM/STAFF

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will perform this fall after losing its top two players (how could you not be?), Jay Glazer has some good news.

The Fox Sports NFL insider told the team website tackle Cedric Ogbuehi has really responded to training he is receiving at Glazer's mixed-martial arts gym in California.

"If you can go five three-minute rounds with one minute off in between, you can go for eight seconds in the NFL," Glazer said. "It's demoralizing what we do. It's so tough physically that it's the mental game that's so important. Getting the crap knocked out you by short old guys. Some of these guys leave here after two days, four days. But Ced's been there for a month. I'm proud of him.

Glazer went on to say athleticism is not the problem for the former first-round pick out of Texas A&M.

Getting tougher will be the key to evolving into a player worth of his draft status and one the Bengals can rely on to protect quarterback Andy Dalton this fall and into the future.

Source: NFL meeting notes: no leap year; good news on Ced; a vote for Barnett

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