Bengals Add BenJarvus Green-Ellis, Jacob Bell In Free Agency

Bell underwhelmed during his time in St. Louis, but was consistent as a pass blocker. Cincinnati will hope that he can improve on Livings’ inconsistent play. Bell, 31, gives the Bengals solid depth and starting experience at the position. They may still look for offensive line help in the 2012 NFL Draft.

For more Bengals free agency news, stay tuned to this StoryStream as well as the SB Nation blog Cincy Jungle.

For more Bengals free agency news, stay tuned to this StoryStream as well as the SB Nation blog Cincy Jungle.

The Seattle visit is reportedly on Tuesday.

Among those teams, the Bengals are probably the best fit. It also doesn’t hurt Bush that the Bengals have a boatload of salary cap space.

The Bengals have plenty of cap space to make a competitive offer so they can probably land him if they really want to.

Bush was listed as a possible free agent target in SB Nation’s free agency preview of the Bengals.

Green-Ellis was originally an undrafted free agent in 2008 and, believe it or not, he has never fumbled. Not once. That’s a pretty incredible statistic for a guy who’s been in the league for four years. He also has 24 rushing touchdowns in the last two seasons. His career best rushing yardage came in 2010 when he surpassed the 1,000 yard mark.

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Nugent had a terrific season for the Bengals, hitting on 33-of-38 field goal attempts. That was by far the best year in his career. He’s an 80 percent career kicker. When your strengths are playing well on defense and controlling the clock, you can’t underestimate the need for a good kicker (well, maybe you can).

Nugent was originally a second round pick in the 2005 NFL Draft.

According to Bengals beat writer Joe Reedy of the Cincinnati Enquirer, the team has not contacted Benson about a new contract. Benson appeared on Sirius NFL Radio recently, and stated that he’s not sure where things stand at this point.

Since joining the Bengals in 2008, Benson has only managed to have one offseason go by without getting arrested (2009). It is possible that the Bengals wish to distance themselves from those off-field shenanigans, as well as his lack of yardage.

Joe Reedy at Cincinnati.com took a look at the state of the Bengals secondary in a column posted on Friday. Reedy pointed out that Nelson had the best season of anyone in the position in 2011.

Reedy names Nelson as the top priority to re-sign in the secondary. If the Bengals want to keep a key component of their defense intact, they will need to focus on making sure that Nelson does not bolt for another team in the offseason.

Here’s a look at the entire Bengals free-agency class (via Mac’s Football Blog):

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