Source: Bills sending LT Cordy Glenn and the 21st pick to the Bengals for the 12th overall pick. Buffalo also sending their fifth-round with Cincinnati's sixth-rounder coming.
— Albert Breer (@AlbertBreer) March 12, 2018
Compensation for Cordy Glenn trade:
— Peter Schrager (@PSchrags) March 12, 2018
Bills and Bengals swap 1st Round picks. Bills go to 12. Bengals go to 21.
Teams also swap 5th and 6th round picks. @nflnetwork @NFL @gmfb
Draft picks are also involved in the deal, including a swap of first-rounders.
The Bills will get the Bengals’ No. 12 overall pick while the Bengals will move down to No. 21 in the first round.
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Pro Football Focus rates the move as an upgrade for the Bengals offensive line, though it is hard to miss the deviation in his grades from the site.
Trading for Cordy Glenn upgrades the Bengals offensive line pic.twitter.com/nflFWMVbBW
— Pro Football Focus (@PFF) March 12, 2018
After scoring between 75.1 and 72.8 for the years 2012-16, Glenn received a 68.1 grade last season.
For that to be an upgrade says quite a bit about the performances of Bengals tackles last season, when the group as a whole ranked 28th in the NFL according to PFF.
He is the second offensive lineman acquired by the Bengals so far in free agency. They signed former Giant Bobby Hart last month.
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