<p>CINCINNATI — The Cincinnati Bengals got some help for their offensive line Friday night, taking Clemson tackle Jackson Carman with their second-round pick in the NFL draft.</p>
<p>The Bengals got the 6-foot-5, 330-pound lineman with the 46th pick after trading the 38th to the New England Patriots. Cincinnati got two more picks in the trade, the 122nd and 139th.</p>
<p>After making a splash by taking star LSU receiver Ja’Marr Chase in the first round, the Bengals turned to one of their greatest areas of concern — protecting second-year quarterback Joe Burrow. </p>
<p>Cincinnati will expect Carman, who protected the blind side of college football’s most valuable quarterback, Trevor Lawrence, at Clemson, to contribute right away. He can also play guard.</p>
<p>The Bengals gave up the third-most sacks in the NFL last season and lost Burrow to a season-ending knee injury in a Week 11 loss to Washington when the pocket collapsed on him. The running game also sputtered, although a season-ending injury to feature back Joe Mixon in Week 6 didn’t help.</p>
<p>The Bengals line should be improved. They already signed free agent tackle Riley Reiff, a former Viking, and hope young tackle Jonah Williams, a first-round pick in 2020, can stay healthy after missing the final six games of the season with a knee injury. </p>
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