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Ben Baby
Cincinnati – One of the precious free agents of the Cincinnati Bengals a year ago is no longer on the list, since the team freed the defensive Tackle Sheldon Rankins on Friday.
The last low season, Rankins signed a two -year agreement worth $ 24.5 million. However, after playing in just seven games in the first season of that agreement, Cincinnati chose to separate from the veteran.
When Rankins signed with the team in 2024, it was projected that it would provide a great boost for Cincinnati’s defensive line. The year before joining the Bengals, Rankins had six captures with the Houston Texans. Three of them occurred in a 2023 victory against the Bengals, one of Rankins’s main professional performances.
However, injuries and diseases played a role in Rankins that do not work in Cincinnati. Three games were lost with an lesion in the hamstrings before returning in week 6 for the next five games. During that period, he totaled a sack and a quarter courage.
The 31 -year -old was lost the last seven games of the regular season with what coach Zac Taylor initially said it was a viral disease. In a moment later in the year, Taylor expressed optimism that Rankins could play again. However, he never returned and was finally placed in the injured background reserve in the 18th week, the last week of the regular season.
Rankins was due to a bond on the list on March 17. By releasing it on Friday, the Bengals will earn $ 9.6 million in salary limit savings, while a dead money of $ 2 million against the limit occurs.
Cincinnati seeks to reorganize a defense that had problems last season. Despite the career years of the Marshal of Campo Joe Burrow, the open receiver J’Mar Chase and the Defensive Wing Trey Hendrickson, Cincinnati ended with a 9-8 record and the postseason was lost for the second consecutive year.
