There was a lot of scuttlebutt around the Cincinnati Bengals and their ability, or lack thereof, to sign their players to lucrative contracts this offseason. They transcended that by extending Ja'Marr Chase and Tee Higgins, but Trey Hendrickson's hold-in persists.
Those in-house issues obscured some of the Bengals’ stellar free-agent signings and how well they seem to have drafted.
This is reflected in Matt Bowen’s ESPN top 50 offseason signings, trades, and draft picks. The bad news is that no Bengals acquisition shows up on this list. Worse news is that it is littered with rivals’ offseason moves, not to mention a beloved former Bengals lineman.