{"id":29600,"date":"2025-08-04T12:05:54","date_gmt":"2025-08-04T12:05:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/breakingnews.azontree.com\/?p=29600"},"modified":"2025-08-04T12:05:54","modified_gmt":"2025-08-04T12:05:54","slug":"breaking-cincinnatis-2-75-million-signing-gives-assessment-of-bengals-pro-bowl-qb","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/breakingnews.azontree.com\/?p=29600","title":{"rendered":"BREAKING : Cincinnati&#8217;s $2.75 Million Signing Gives Assessment of Bengals Pro-Bowl QB"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"post-featured-container-id\">\n<div id=\"post-featured\">\n<figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/GettyImages-1344642889.jpg?quality=65&amp;strip=all&amp;w=780\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 820px) 95vw, 780px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/GettyImages-1344642889.jpg?quality=65&amp;strip=all&amp;w=780 780w, https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/GettyImages-1344642889.jpg?quality=15&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1100 1100w, https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/GettyImages-1344642889.jpg?quality=35&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1350 1350w\" alt=\"Cincinnati's $2.75 Million Signing Gives Assessment of Bengals Pro-Bowl QB\" width=\"780\" height=\"520\" \/><\/figure>\n<div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>The Cincinnati Bengals continue to stop at nothing to improve their offense. With another tight end coming to town, Joe Burrow has more weapons than he could have ever dreamed of.<\/p>\n<p>Having weapons is one thing, but making the playoffs is another. That\u2019s something that this seventh-year player has only done once in his career. Now, he\u2019s joining a team with one of the most talented quarterbacks in the league.<\/p>\n<h2>Noah Fant Practices With the 1\u2019s and 2\u2019s as he Compliments Joe Burrow<\/h2>\n<p>Noah Fant is now playing for the third team of his NFL career. His career comes in threes, as that\u2019s the amount of years he spent on both the Denver Broncos and Seattle Seahawks. Knowing that the Bengals only signed him to a one-year, $2.75 million deal, the 27-year-old will have to impress in order to stay on the team.<\/p>\n<p>The Seahawks decided it was time to move on from Fant after he played in just 14 games last season. Even though he was held out of three games, he still finished with more receptions and receiving yards than he did in 17 games the year prior.<\/p>\n<p>Fant\u2019s ceiling may not be the highest, but he\u2019s a solid addition to the Bengals offense. This is a unit that loves to line up with two tight ends, with Fant slotting right in there alongside Mike Gesicki.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">5 observations from Day 9 of <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Bengals?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Bengals<\/a> camp:<br \/>1. In 6 seasons, Noah Fant has never played with a QB comparable to Joe Burrow.<br \/>\u201cThe proof is in the pudding,\u201d said Fant. \u201cThat\u2019s no slight when it comes to anybody I\u2019ve played with. Joe\u2019s put in the work and he\u2019s a great quarterback.\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/09MlrmIEik\">pic.twitter.com\/09MlrmIEik<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Dan Hoard (@Dan_Hoard) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Dan_Hoard\/status\/1952128635034292720?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 3, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Dan Hoard, the radio voice of the Bengals, included Fant\u2019s comments on his latest post. The Bengals newest signing spoke, \u201cThe proof is in the pudding.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He added, \u201cThat\u2019s no slight when it comes to anybody I\u2019ve played with. Joe\u2019s put in the work and he\u2019s a great quarterback.\u201d<\/p>\n<h2>A Look at Noah Fant\u2019s Career<\/h2>\n<p>Burrow has long been touted as one of the best quarterbacks in the league. He was just ranked higher than Patrick Mahomes in Madden NFL 26. In ESPN\u2019s anonymous poll, he was ranked above Lamar Jackson.<\/p>\n<p>While no one seems to agree on who is the best quarterback in the league, it\u2019s clear Burrow is in the top four. He\u2019s looking to put an end to a two-year playoff drought, one that Fant is experiencing as well.<\/p>\n<p>When he was drafted No. 20 overall in 2019, Fant began his career with three different quarterbacks. Joe Flacco, Drew Lock, and Brandon Allen all started three or more games that season.<\/p>\n<p>In 2020, Lock was the main man in charge. Fant was the Broncos No. 2 receiver in 2019-20 before falling to No. 3 in 2021. That year, Terry Bridgewater took over.<\/p>\n<p>As Fant headed to Seattle in 2022, Lock made his way there in 2023. He only played four games with the Seahawks though as Geno Smith was the main man. Smith\u2019s career resurgence has been fantastic, but there\u2019s still a vast difference between him and Burrow.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">4. But the 1st team offense answered with three straight TD drives, beginning with a 14-yard Joe Burrow strike to TE Tanner Hudson.<br \/>\u201cI like to think that I can be in the right place at the right time for Joe, and find that open spot and be a reliable target for him,\u201d said Hudson. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/1d4Ks5bEJa\">pic.twitter.com\/1d4Ks5bEJa<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Dan Hoard (@Dan_Hoard) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Dan_Hoard\/status\/1952128823979294968?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 3, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Tanner Hudson has continued to impress at tight end. His spot on the roster remains a mystery due to the Fant signing, but he\u2019s given him a run for his money in practice. Even though Fant is out there practicing with the starters, he still has a lot to prove after he was released just a few weeks ago.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Bengals have done everything in their power to bulk up Joe Burrow&#8217;s offense, one that Cincinnati just added another player to.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":29601,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-29600","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 : Cincinnati&#039;s $2.75 Million Signing Gives Assessment of Bengals Pro-Bowl QB - 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=29600\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"BREAKING : Cincinnati&#039;s $2.75 Million Signing Gives Assessment of Bengals Pro-Bowl QB - 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