Bengals decline fifth-year option for Billy Price, per report

Photo by Ian Johnson/Icon Sportswire via Getty ImagesAs expected, the Cincinnati Bengals are declining the fifth-year option on offensive lineman Billy Price, according to ESPN.

Price would have been guaranteed $10.413 million if the option was exercised, but he’s now slated to become an unrestricted free agent in 2022.

The 21st overall pick out of Ohio State in the 2018 NFL Draft, Price has struggled to make his mark in this league, partly due to nagging injuries that plagued him over his first two seasons.

Going into his rookie year, Price suffered a torn pectoral muscle in the 2018 NFL Combine, though he recovered in time to take part in training camp and the preseason. He would start the…