Calais Campbell has long been a dominant defensive line player in the NFL.
The veteran spent the 2024 season with the Miami dolphins and is now looking to find a new team for his 18th NFL season. Although he is not the elite disruptor he was in his youth, Campbell is always a useful player who can help a team in 2025.
Nick Shook from NFL.com recently identified The best landing spots for the best free agents remaining. For Campbell, Shook identified the Bengals of Cincinnati as a logical option.
Regarding the potential adjustment of Campbell to Cincinnati, Shook offered the following:
Bengals missed the playoffs last year largely because their defense could not stop nose bleeding in the first half of the season. During this frustrating period, many fans of Cincinnati deplored the loss of DJ Reader in free agency, blaming him for their difficulties on this side of the ball. Campbell finished his return to Miami in 2024, but has not retired and is still a hell of a player, even with his 39th birthday in September. Of course, it is cold in Cincinnati in winter, but it goes much hotter if the end of the season of Bengals are significant. And after spending sumptuously to keep Ja’marr Chase and Tee Higgins, it is high time to turn to the defense. The addition of Campbell is logical even if the team gives Trey Hendrickson a new agreement, in particular with a return to the playoffs at the top of its list of expectations for 2025.
In 2024, Campbell played the 17 games for the Dolphins and accumulated 52 plated, five bags, 12 plated for loss and 12 strokes.
Even at 38, Campbell won an elite 82.3 Pro Footbool Focus Grade. This grade classified Campbell Septème over 219 qualified defensive ends. Campbell 85.9 Run’s defense note was the best brand among all defensive purposes.
Campbell won six Pro Bowl selections and was selected as the first All-Pro team in 2017. The veteran accumulated 110.5 bags in his career and was remarkably lasting, never playing in less than 12 games in one season.
Bengals could certainly use a player like Campbell. Defensive start Sam Hubbard shocked this off -season in a shocking wayAnd the Bengals needed help in advance even before these news.
Joseph Ossai was re-signed for a one-year contract, but the old third round choice would be better used as a rotation. If Campbell is added, the veteran will remove some pressure on the front of a young Bengals.
Sporac projects Campbell to win a one -year agreement worth $ 7.1 million in free agency. On the cap He currently has the Bengals seated at around $ 23 million in the ceiling space, so the addition of the veteran has sense from a financial point of view.
