Bengals cornerback Adam Jones will hit free agency

The Cincinnati Bengals have decided not to pick up the option for cornerback Adam Jones and let him hit free agency instead.

Geoff Hobson, the editor for the Cincinnati Bengals official website, tweeted out Thursday afternoon that the Bengals have told cornerback Adam Jones that they will not be picking up his option and he will hit the free agent market. The Cincinnati Bengals did say that they would like to bring him back to compete for nickel cornerback and returner in 2018, just not for the price of his option.

Jones was set out to make a cap hit of $6,447,918 in 2018 according to Spotrac.com. He ended the season on the Injured Reserve list with a groin injury and having hernia surgery…