2024 Bengals Free Agency/Roster Thread

[SunsetBengal]

(12-30-2024, 06:48 PM)Nicomo Cosca Wrote:

As for the "why now" questions on Rankins...

No one expected it to last this long. Frustration from fan base is shared by some inside the organization. But they can't make him play when he's self reporting symptoms.

He'll be playing for a fourth team in 4 years in 2025 and the…

— Jay Morrison (@ByJayMorrison) December 30, 2024

The way things turned out with Rankins really rubs salt into the idea that the Bengals could have brought DJ Reader back for just a little bit more. Reader could have made a difference in many games.