Bengals trade 7th round pick for Bears RB Khalil Herbert

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(11-06-2024, 03:03 PM)Frank Booth Wrote: anyone whose thinking he is gonna be a backup is wrong. This WILL be a RBBC just like it was with Moss. Herbert is a much much better runner than Moss. It would be dumb not to use a 60/40 or 50/50 split with Brown and Herbert

I would agree.

I only mentioned potential backup because:
1) Herbert has not been a bellcow back aside from a few games each season 2021-2023 and none this season.
2) Chase Brown showed last week against LV what he can do if he's a bellcow - 32 touches for 157 yards

Bengals might want to give Brown ~15-20 touches a game and Herbert ~10 if they really want to see if Brown could consistently be at true RB1.

I would expect part of the interest to trade for Herbert was to give him more than the ~5 touches a game he was getting this year in CHI.