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This page lists all the 2024 Trades for the Cincinnati Bengals. I’ve listed all of the NFL Free Agent Signing Grades here, which included the trades. Because I’ve begun posting polls for the trades, I thought it would make sense to list just the NFL trades here, so archiving the voting would be easier.
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- Total Trades: 2
- Average Grade: B+ (88)
November 2024 – Trades and Signings
Bengals acquire RB Khalil Herbert from Bears for 7th-round pick
I thought Khalil Herbert was going to be traded much earlier than this. I projected the Cowboys to acquire him at the start of the season. Instead, Herbert has been rotting on Chicago’s bench until now.
If the Bengals truly have playoff aspirations, it makes sense to obtain Herbert. Zack Moss will be out for a while, so Cincinnati didn’t have a viable backup behind Chase Brown. If Brown gets hurt, the Bengals can at least turn to Herbert, who is a talented runner. Some would even say that he’s an upgrade over Moss as a pure rusher.
It doesn’t feel as though the Bears played this well. They probably could have squeezed a bit more out of Herbert. Then again, this is a team that traded Justin Fields for peanuts rather than being patient and waiting for a team to suffer a quarterback injury, so they have a history of squandering resources in trades.
Grade for Bengals – A
Grade for Bears – C
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March 2024 – Trades and Signings
Texans acquire RB Joe Mixon from Bengals for conditional 2024 7th-round pick
It was initially announced that Joe Mixon would be released, but Houston ended up trading for him. I wondered why the Texans would do that when they could have just signed him, but we know why. All Houston relinquished was a seventh-round pick, and it’s even conditional.
This move seems to have drawn lots of acclaim on Twitter, but people praising the Texans must not have watched Mixon the past couple of years. Mixon has been a rapidly declining player, so much so that I wrote that Chase Brown should have drawn starts over him late last year. Mixon can catch the ball out of the backfield, which is nice, but it’s not enough to offset his pedestrian running.
Then again, I can’t grade this poorly for the Texans because they didn’t surrender anything of note. The Bengals didn’t receive anything of note either, making this a very “blah” trade.
Grade for Texans – B
Grade for Bengals – B
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