Ben Baby covers the Cincinnati Bengals for ESPN. Prior to ESPN, he worked for various newspapers in Texas, most recently at The Dallas Morning News where he covered college sports. A native of Grapevine, Texas, he graduated from the University of North Texas with a bachelor’s degree in journalism. CINCINNATI — Cincinnati Bengals defensive tackle T.J. Slaton Jr. has a good — if debatable — reason for why he has always been pretty big.