{"id":29912,"date":"2025-08-07T23:49:03","date_gmt":"2025-08-07T23:49:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/breakingnews.azontree.com\/?p=29912"},"modified":"2025-08-07T23:49:03","modified_gmt":"2025-08-07T23:49:03","slug":"potential-cincinnati-bengals-free-agent-option-signs-with-nfc-team","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/breakingnews.azontree.com\/?p=29912","title":{"rendered":"Potential Cincinnati Bengals Free-Agent Option Signs With NFC Team"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure data-mm-id=\"_ki6f1sa0t\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/images2.minutemediacdn.com\/image\/upload\/c_crop,w_5315,h_2989,x_0,y_419\/c_fill,w_720,ar_16:9,f_auto,q_auto,g_auto\/images\/ImagnImages\/mmsport\/all_bengals\/01k22ytr10bf72wjkxnp.jpg\" alt=\"Sep 29, 2024; Glendale, Arizona, USA; Arizona Cardinals guard Will Hernandez (76) against the Washington Commanders at State Farm Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Mark J. Rebilas-Imagn Images\" \/><\/figure>\n<p data-mm-id=\"_6s18sdzjr\"><strong>CINCINNATI \u2014\u00a0<\/strong>The Bengals have one less potential guard option to turn to in free agency should they try to\u00a0beef up a shaky position. FOX Sports&#8217; Jordan Schultz reported Will Hernandez is re-signing with the Cardinals.<\/p>\n<p data-mm-id=\"_dwh13wadp\">He\u00a0was in limbo this offseason\u00a0as he recovered from a\u00a0major\u00a0injury.<\/p>\n<p data-mm-id=\"_i7ai0uu23\">&#8220;The Cardinals are re-signing G Will Hernandez to a 1-year deal,&#8221;\u00a0Schultz posted on X. &#8220;The 29-year-old, coming off a torn ACL, was recently fully cleared. A former 2nd-round pick, Hernandez has started 91 games over seven seasons \u2014 and was playing some of his best football last year in Arizona before the injury.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p data-mm-id=\"_6use3pcsn\">Cincinnati had arguably the worst guard play in the NFL last season and has a right guard battle going right now between Lucas Patrick (two out of eight seasons with Pro Football Focus grades above 57.5 overall) and Cody Ford (never graded above 53.9 across a full season). Neither has ever been a great player at their position across multiple NFL seasons.<\/p>\n<p data-mm-id=\"_6xgpjrug5\">At left guard, rookie Dylan Fairchild is the first-string option right now with Cordell Volson backing him up. According to PFF, Volson ranked second in total pressures allowed among guards (43) and gave up six sacks (third-worst) last season. Hernandez has posted three straight seasons of 65-plus grades.<\/p>\n<p data-mm-id=\"_1rx78wn43\">Dalton Risner and Brandon Scherff are still very competent guard options on the market that Cincinnati could add.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Bengals Eyeing FAST START: Will Preseason Playtime Solve The Issue? | Enter The Jungle\" width=\"790\" height=\"444\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/oxau1gMoLGE?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p data-mm-id=\"_bvwquo3te\">\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Bengals are not stable at this position.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":29913,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-29912","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 - 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