Ranking all the ex-Cleveland Browns in the Super Bowl
By Chad Porto
No. 3 DT Larry Ogunjobi (Bengals)
Larry Ogujunjobi was just with the Cleveland Browns last year for their first trip to the playoffs in 18 years. Due to lackluster play and presumably a desire for a better contract all but guaranteed the two sides would end up parting ways. Ogunjobi left the team after it became clear the Browns wanted to rework the front four a bit, and he took that opportunity to sign with the Bengals.
He played in 18 games for the Bengals this season, accumulating 49 tackles, and a career-high seven sacks playing in a re-worked Bengals front four that featured two-sack machines in Trey Hendrickson and Sam Hubbard. Despite the pass-rush efficacy of the Bengals, PFF still rated Ogunjobi a paltry 50.4.
There’s a potential for user error when it comes to PFF, as each player is measured by their qualitative performance, which is subjective. Clearly, Ogunjobi had success with the Bengals as a pass-rusher, but there’s still some question about how effective he is against the run.
it’s something that was brought in Cleveland. Clearly an adept pass-rusher but could he collapse a point on the line? It was something he was hoping to prove during the playoffs but Ogunjobi went down with an injury that kept him from playing beyond the Wild Card game against the Raiders.
Is PFF’s rating of him accurate? Maybe, but maybe not. He certainly is someone the Bengals are going to miss in the Super Bowl.
He only signed a one-year contract with the Bengals and will be a free agent, and it was likely he and his camp were hoping for a Paul Kruger-like showing in the playoffs to get a big deal. That won’t be the case this time around.