The Cincinnati Bengals kicked off their preseason slate with a solid performance against the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. The box score doesn’t look too pretty, but several players stood out for their individual performances.
For a more in-depth look at those performances, here are some Pro Football Focus grades that stood out from the game:
- D’Ante Smith led the Bengals’ offensive line with an 84.8 pass-blocking grade. Smith had a very clean 16 snaps in pass protection with 11 coming as the second-team left guard, and five as the third-team left tackle.