The Cincinnati Bengals are free to make free agent acquisitions this offseason even after signing quarterback Joe Burrow to the biggest contract in NFL history last September. However, they must make a few choices regarding their own free agents before they can bolster their roster for the upcoming campaign.
Twenty Bengals from the 2023 campaign are available for new contracts; several of them have started for Cincinnati for many years. Most of them will probably wind up starting for different teams the next season.
Who is prepared to become a free agent in March? The complete list is shown here, arranged according to the player’s position and sorted by the proportion of snaps they played on offence, defence, or special teams.
With one of their busiest rookie classes ever, the Bengals have just concluded their season. Not as productive as their best-ever draft in 2020. but steadfast and motivating.
These people are headed for success if, like many others, you believe that the first three rounds should produce starters, the remaining spots should go to rotational and special teams players, and that three impact players per class make it an outstanding draft.
A glimpse at the children by round from 2023:
1. DE MYLES MURPHY _ They still think he’ll be a fantastic player because he improved with each game, especially against the run.
Despite receiving little playing time behind mainstays Sam Hubbard and Trey Hendrickson, Murphy showed enough promise that Next Gen Stats gave him the second-highest pressure rate of any rookie this season.
And there were significant occasions, like the overtime victory over the Vikings that allowed them to remain in the postseason hunt, when he
In the final minute of the first half, there were four tackles in addition to a massive red-zone sack.
For one of his three sacks, he outran Christian Darisaw, the first-round choice of the Vikings in 2021. Recall that the week of the season finale against the Browns, he turned just 22 years old and had already played a season-high 32 snaps.
