Cincinnati Bengals veteran leader Carlos Dunlap is already doing his part to make sure first-round pick Jonah Williams is ready for the rigors of the AFC North.

Williams, the freshly minted left tackle of the future, has a tall task in a normally defensive-minded division. Not only is Dunlap a good mentor outright, he’s an incredible way on the field to get accustomed to handling elite rushers on the edge.

Jay Morrison of The Athletic caught Dunlap’s dive into his quest to help Williams progress at OTAs:

“I want to test him. They’re not going to take it easy on him playing in this division. If I can give him something here in practice, that way he’ll have that rep for the game. I like to say that I’m one of the better guys at my position in this league, so if he can learn things from me and make adjustments in practice from me, I feel like he’ll be that much closer to where we need him to be as a young player stepping in early.”

To be fair to Williams, he was going to have a quick test in OTAs regardless of where he lined up. If he ended up at guard, Geno Atkins and others were going to give problems. Either edge spot presents issues as well given names like Carl Lawson and Sam Hubbard.

Cast in the most difficult position of all, Williams has his work cut out for him, especially because it moves a costly starter like Cordy Glenn to guard. Dunlap, as expected, is already doing his part to make sure the Alabama product succeeds in protecting Andy Dalton.

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