The Cincinnati Bengals exercised the fifth-year option for DB Dax Hill, for which he’s grateful—for a multitude of reasons. Picking up his option guaranteed him $12,682,000 for next season, essentially doubling his career earnings to that point. But more importantly to him, it affords him another opportunity to earn his paycheck. And now that it’s a bigger paycheck, he only has more to prove.
“I’m glad they did it. Another year I’m here. I love the city. It’s good to be here another year”, Hill told the Bengals’ website, via Geoff Hobson. “Prove myself a little bit more.