Free agency has taken on a slightly different meaning in the NFL over the past two years, each of which have seen a team loaded with name-brand journeyman veterans win the Lombardi Trophy. However, the Bengals’ presence in Super Bowl LVI will change that perception again. Their run was also bolstered by a mastery of the previous years’ free agent classes but in a far different way. The additions of Trey Hendrickson, Eli Apple and Chidobe Awuzie were less celebrated but more directly applicable to the schemes they were going to play. The pipeline between coordinator, coach and pro scouting department was strategically much shorter.
NFL Free Agency 2022: Ranking the Top 221 Players
