{"id":2326,"date":"2024-11-11T15:11:48","date_gmt":"2024-11-11T15:11:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/breakingnews.azontree.com\/?p=2326"},"modified":"2024-11-11T15:11:48","modified_gmt":"2024-11-11T15:11:48","slug":"breaking-be%c9%b4gals-2024-free-agent-class-has-bee%c9%b4-a%c9%b4-absolute-disaster-thus-far","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/breakingnews.azontree.com\/?p=2326","title":{"rendered":"BREAKING: Be\u0274gals\u2019 2024 free agent class has bee\u0274 a\u0274 absolute disaster thus far"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"c-entry-summary p-dek\">Most are near the bottom of the league at their positions.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.vox-cdn.com\/thumbor\/cFy5TUVsI6-sephgZGeFUA1ReF4=\/0x0:4730x3154\/1200x800\/filters:focal(2604x123:3360x879)\/cdn.vox-cdn.com\/uploads\/chorus_image\/image\/73714447\/2183605317.0.jpg\" alt=\"Cincinnati Bengals v Baltimore Ravens\" \/><\/p>\n<p id=\"Ls4zuM\">The Cincinnati Bengals (4-6) have let some big players go the past two offseasons, especially on defense.<\/p>\n<p id=\"h352DW\">And they tried to sell fans on getting cheaper replacements who, when combined with Draft picks, would supposedly keep the defense competitive, allowing the team to re-sign Tee Higgins and Ja\u2019Marr Chase.<\/p>\n<p id=\"Mm8vlL\">Well, none of that happened.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.vox-cdn.com\/thumbor\/_NKFaUD9PPR8F1IwBscb6fwrLVM=\/0x0:5334x2793\/fit-in\/1200x630\/cdn.vox-cdn.com\/uploads\/chorus_asset\/file\/25703745\/2180186164.jpg\" alt=\"Bengals News: History of NFL teams starting 0-4 at home - Cincy Jungle\" \/><\/p>\n<p id=\"hkGyNg\">As you can see below, this year\u2019s free agent class has been a collective non-factor on the field.<\/p>\n<p id=\"KtL6kV\">Sheldon Rankins is average at best and is the top of the class so far. Geno Stone has been terrible (85th at his position). Zack Moss was getting stuffed before he got hurt (52nd for RBs). Vonn Bell hasn\u2019t been his old self (69th).<\/p>\n<p id=\"7Duxvf\">And the oft-injured Trent Brown is out for the season.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Here is where each of the Bengals core FA signings rank, per PFF:<\/p>\n<p>\u25aa\ufe0fRankins &#8211; #82\/134<br \/>\u25aa\ufe0fStone &#8211; #85\/92<br \/>\u25aa\ufe0fMoss &#8211; #56\/60<br \/>\u25aa\ufe0fBell &#8211; #69\/92<br \/>\u25aa\ufe0fBrown &#8211; hurt<\/p>\n<p>$26.5M in 2024 cap space that could be easily replaced by late Day 3 picks and UDFAs.<\/p>\n<p>Not ideal roster building. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/BDIP0l3vLG\">https:\/\/t.co\/BDIP0l3vLG<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Gridiron Grading (@GridironGrading) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/GridironGrading\/status\/1855688642347532783?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 10, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p id=\"JOdU17\">This can\u2019t be chalked up to bad fortune. None of these were big-money signings. They were classic Mike Brown \/ Katie Blackburn signings, nothing like the additions of DJ Reader in 2020 or Trey Hendrickson in 2021.<\/p>\n<p id=\"r1oe2V\">Nope. After the Joe Burrow contract, the Bengals&#8217; front office has returned to \u201cvalue\u201d deals.<\/p>\n<p id=\"Qcx61Q\">We\u2019ll see if Burrow and Ja\u2019Marr Chase are good enough to drag this team into the NFL Playoffs despite the deteriorating roster around them. Up next, they get the Los Angeles Chargers on Sunday.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Most are near the bottom of the league at their positions.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2327,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2326","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-cincinnati-bengals"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>BREAKING: Be\u0274gals\u2019 2024 free agent class has bee\u0274 a\u0274 absolute disaster thus far - Breaking News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/breakingnews.azontree.com\/?p=2326\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"BREAKING: Be\u0274gals\u2019 2024 free agent class has bee\u0274 a\u0274 absolute disaster thus far - 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