The Cincinnati Bengals received mixed reviews after their trade for New York Giants defensive tackle Dexter Lawrence.Some analysts say the Bengals overpaid for a 28-year-old lineman coming off a down year. Cincinnati sent the No. 10 pick in the NFL draft to the Giants in the deal.Others responded by praising a franchise going all in for a trip to the Super Bowl.MORE: Dexter Lawrence trade terms, contract extension details revealedYou can place Bengals legend Andrew Whitworth in the latter group. Whitworth, an Amazon Prime analyst and former All-Pro left tackle, praised the move on X.“Message has been sent … We are here to win now!

Seize the Opp!,” Whitworth posted while sharing the report from NFL Network’s Ian Rapoport.Whitworth spent the first 11 seasons of his 16-year NFL career with the Bengals, earning two All-Pro honors and three Pro Bowl selections. He left for the Los Angeles Rams after the 2016 season when Cincinnati refused to offer him a long-term contract.The Bengals’ front office watched as Whitworth collected another first-team All-Pro honor with the Rams in 2017. Then, in Whitworth’s final season, Los Angeles defeated Cincinnati 23-20 in Super Bowl LVI.

It represented the tackle’s lone championship.That’s why some Cincinnati fans have a hard time hearing Whitworth describe the Bengals as “we,” like he did in the X post.But Whitworth had a hilarious response to that sentiment. He patiently listed his Cincinnati bona fides on X.The 44-year-old Whitworth, who lives in Thousand Oaks, California, name-checked a few Cincinnati-adjacent celebrities in Nick Lachey, Charlie Sheen and Neil Armstrong.The best part came when he wrote that he “pretended to like skyline chili when sober.” Skyline Chili is the Cincinnati-based restaurant chain famous for a polarizing Greek-style chili sauce served over spaghetti and hot dogs.None other than current Bengals quarterback Joe Burrow has expressed a distaste for Skyline.

“I hate that stuff,” Burrow said.Meanwhile, Whitworth mentioned other Cincinnati landmarks like Jeff Ruby’s Steakhouse and Montgomery Inn restaurants, Cincinnati Music Hall and the defunct Bang Nightclub.Plus, all four of Whitworth’s children were born in Cincinnati.“So I’ll use ‘We’ respectfully any damn time I want,” Whitworth posted, alongside a laughing emoji. “Who dey!”